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.
Answer:
Answer Expert Verified. They were technologically superior. By this I mean technologically superior for the time period. The English possessed the better weapons.
Explanation:
They are referred to as the "electoral college".
There are a total of 538
electors in an electoral college. For a president to succeed a total of 270
votes from the electors are required. 538 comprise of 435 representatives from the
nation, one hundred senators and the District of Columbia gets 3 electors.
Answer: Because it would make political parties more powerful, which would also lead to corruption. The opponents were afraid someone without the correct knowledge or attitude would end up in a position of high power.
