Farmers in the Middle Colonies traveled to trade their livestock and crops.
market towns
to sell or
who lived inland floated their goods down rivers to
port cities.
habor
3 New York City had a
a good place for ships to dock.
along the East River that offered
Philadelphia grew with the help of its location on the
5 Some colonists made their living in
and blacksmithing
such as carpentry
Women and girls had fewer
chances to work outside the home.
However, some women took over
taverns, printing businesses, and
when
their husbands died,