A) Road development made canals obsolete and rarely used.
Capital or entrepreneurship
A community for students. What allowed specialization and division of labor to develop in Mesopotamia? a)Reliable and plentiful food production allowed people to try other occupations. b)Illness and injuries forced some farmers to stop farming and find other work.
The middle colonies were New Netherlands/New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The most populous was Pennsylvania settled during the 17th century. Settlers usually organized themselves in small farms spread throughout the colony with a few cities. <em>The Middle colonies had two major ports who were the main economic outposts, New York City and Philadelphia.</em>
