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Why did philadelphia and new york city grow to become the largest and wealthiest cities in the colonies?.

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industry

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Industry. The Middle Colonies attracted the shipbuilding and lumbering industries because to their abundant forests. Deep river estuaries and these industries contributed to the development of significant ports like New York and Philadelphia.

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