For strong bones, girls need plenty of calcium and vitamin D and lots of physical activity every day. The amount of calcium in a food may be a little more or a little less than what is listed on this chart. This is because different brands sometimes have slightly different ingredients. Check the food label to see how much calcium is in the food. Aim for 1,300 milligrams or 130% of the % Daily Value (%DV) every day.
In the British colony of Carolina (located mostly in what is now modern-day South Carolina), black slaves worked on large plantations and soon grew to outnumber the white population of the region by two to one (Mason 2006).
The Middle Colonies were more diverse than colonies in New England and the South. Most of the early settlers depended on the fur trade and on farming for economic survival. The most populous of the Middle colonies was Pennsylvania, other colonies were settled rather haphazardly over the course of the 17th century. Settlers usually organized themselves in small farms spread throughout the colony with a few cities added to the mix.