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Differences And Similarities Between The 1700s And Today
The colonies from the 1700s and today have many differences and similarities in natural resources. I will compare the differences in natural resources of current day New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania to their colonial counterparts. These states have grown in natural resources since their colonial days.
Pennsylvania in the 1700s had a lot of natural resources. Back in colonial times coal and iron were Pennsylvania's natural resources. Today Pennsylvania has a great mine that produces most of the country’s coal and has expanded into mining limestone, natural gas, petroleum, and sand. In the agricultural department, the colonial Pennsylvania has grown corn, wheat, hem, and flax. Today Pennsylvania has expanded into growing mushrooms, potatoes,

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