MIDDLE COLONIES

THE COLONIES

• New York
• New Jersey
• Deleware
• Pennsylvania

TYPE OF COLONY

• Royal- NY and NJ. Royal colonies were ruled or
• Administered by officials who represented the crown
• Propriety- PA and DE. Propriety colonies granted by the English crown
• to 1 or more proprietors who had full governing rights

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

• Features- coastal plains, rolling hills,
• and Mountains
• Major Cities- New York and Philly

POPULATION

• Settlers came from England, Netherlands, and Sweden
• They came to New York for the harbor. They came for natural resources, too.
• People came to practice relgion freely exept New York. Also for business.
• There was no religion that dominated, but some others were
• Quaker, Catholics, Jews, Lutherans,and Presbyterians.

ECONOMY

• A successful and diverse economy.Largly agricultural.
• Farms in region grew many crops like grain and oats.
• They had major shipping hubs, craftmen, blacksmiths, silversmiths,
• Cobblers,and wigmakers
• They had logging, shipbuilding,and textile production

NATURAL RESOURCES

• Fish,timber, wheat,oats, and barley

INTERESTING FACTS

• William Penn was granted land that became PA in 1682.
• William Penn pesuaded the Duke of York to lease western shore of DE bay.
• The middle colonies were known as the " Breadbasket Colonies"
• Because of their large amounts of barley, wheat, oats, and rye!

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