A democracy is a form of government ruled by representatives that are elected by the popular vote of the people. The United States is an example of a democracy.
So your answer would be number 2.
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What / or who are they: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey
Why middle: These were the 4 of the 13 original colonies that were between the northern and southern colonies.
Religion: this is the sentence you really like to write. There were all sorts of religions present, but not one of them could dominate. These 4 colonies had Lutherans, Mennonites, Calvinists (mostly Dutch), and Presbyterians.
Commerce: mostly agriculture at the time, but not restricted to 1 crop as the south was. Had good ports and growing cities (New York, Philadelphia). I like to include the well respected intellectual hotbed of people there like Ben Franklin.
I beleive your answer is D it was one of the most fortified islands in the island hopping campaign.
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People who didn't own slaves, as people who aren't just old crusty fat white men.