Aresult of the comparatively high standard of living in rural pennsylvania and the surrounding middle colonies between 1720 and 1770 was that

Pennsylvania was a colony known as the best poor Man’s country in the entire world. The high standards of living in rural Pennsylvania and the neighboring middle colonies resulted in the doubling of consumption of imported goods from England. The least wealthy 18th New Englanders lived a more comfortable life.

"a government in which power is divided between state and national levels". federalism is a system of government in which entities such and state and province, share power with the national government.

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