Editing Middle Colonies (section)

==Politics==
The Middle Colonies' political groups began as small groups with narrowly focused goals. These coalitions eventually grew into diverse and large political organizations, evolving especially during the [[French and Indian War]].<ref name=MIT>Greene (1997), 709.</ref>

The Middle Colonies were generally run by Royal or Proprietary Governors and elected Colonial Assemblies. Many Middle Colony constitutions guaranteed freedom of religion and forbade taxation without representation. Royal governors were arrested or overthrown on more than one occasion, most notably when New Jersey arrested its governor and during Leisler's Rebellion in New York. Growing unrest in the Middle Colonies eventually led the region to become the meeting place for the [[Continental Congress]], and a center for revolution.<ref name=Jensen3>Jensen (1968), 461-468.</ref> However, there were numerous pockets of neutrals and [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists]].<ref name=Albion>Fischer (1992), 972.</ref>