The Middle Colonies: Ethnically Diverse, Religiously Tolerant

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The Middle ColoniesEthnically
Diverse,Religiously Tolerant
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The Middle Colonies

• New York
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• Delaware

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Characteristics

• Excellent land for farming
• Fewer industries than New England, more than in
  the South
• Population more ethnically mixed, religiously
  tolerant, democratically controlled
• Less aristocratic than New England and the
  Southern colonies (except N.Y.)

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New York

• New Amsterdam
• Founded in 1626
• Founded by Dutch English in 1664
• Shipbuilding and trade
• Governor appointed by king
• Dutch Reformed, others

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Prospect of the City of New York
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New Jersey

• Founded in 1664
• Founded by Dutch and Swedish Lord John Berkeley
  and Sir George Carteret were given the land in
  1664 by the English Duke of York
• Wheat, rye, and oats
• Governor appointed by king
• Quaker, Dutch Reformed, and others

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Pennsylvania

• Philadelphia
• Founded in 1681
• Founded by William Penn as a safe place for
  Quakers
• Shipbuilding and trade
• Proprietor selected the governor
• Quaker

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Delaware

• Founded in 1682
• Founded by William Penn
• Tobacco
• Proprietor selected the governor
• Quaker

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Colonial Lifestyles

• Most colonists were farmers
• Women wove, cooked, cleaned, and cared for
  children
• Men cleared the land fenced, planted, and
  cropped it cut firewood, and butchered livestock
• Children helped with adult tasks as well as being
  schooled when possible

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Lifestyles cont.

• Compared to most 17th century Europeans, the
  colonist had a higher standard of living
• Land was cheap
• Wages were about three times that of Europe

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The Middle Colonies had excellent land for
farming leading to the region being called the
bread colonies.
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The Middle Colonies

• Three rivers, Susquehanna, Delaware,
• and Hudson tapped fur trade in the
• interior and exploration in the
• Backcountry.

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Pennsbury Rollover
Steuben Rollover
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The middle colonies were ethnically diverse,
religiously tolerant and democratic. Quakers
contributed to human freedom, farming, lumbering,
shipbuilding, shipping, trade, and fur trapping.