How did immigration shape the religious and ethnic diversity of the middle colonies? What factors led immigrants to settle in the middle colonies?
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Ans: Many immigrants that came to the middle colonies had a plethora of religions. Like the Germans that came to the middle colonies, the Scots- Irish were Protestants, but Germans worshipped in Lutheran or German Reformed churches; many others belonged to dissenting sects, like Mennonites and Amish. Scots-Irish tended to be Presbyterians. Most of the immigrants were farmers fleeing droughts, crop failures, high food prices, or rising rents.
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