Why did the british shift their attention to the middle colonies? choose all that are correct. question 7 options: they wanted to keep troops from canada from invading the region they hoped to inspire loyalist support in the middle colonies to break apart the unified colonies they hoped to split the new england colonies away from the other colonies to weaken them they hoped to capture the capital of the rebellion, cut-off supplies, and destroy the continental army they hoped to secure the chain of forts located in new jersey and pennsylvania to defend the region