THE MIDDLE COLONIES

TYPE OF COLONIES

• New York- royal
• Pennsylvania-proprietary
• New Jersey- royal
• Delaware- proprietary
• Maryland- proprietary

TYPE OF COLONIES CONTINUED

• Royal- ruled directly by the English monarchy
• in North America, who then formed
• proprietary colonies.

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

• Features- Piedmont, mountains,fertile soil, and coastal plains

MAJOR CITIES

• Philidelphia
• New York City
• Georgetown
• Albany

POPULATION

• Settlers came from England, the Netherlands,
• and Sweden
• They left to escape religious persecution

ECONOMY

• Farming- grains and oats
• Trade- iron, coal, timber, and furs
• They traded with England.

NATURAL RESOURCES

• Iron, coal, timber, and furs

INTERESTING FACTS

• They were the big food producing region.
• They were often called the breadbasket
• region because they farmed so many crops
• especially wheat.
• They were not dominated by a specific religion

INTERESTING FACTS CONTINUED

• which gave way to religious freedom
• for Catholics, Jews, Quakers, Lutherans,
• and others.

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