Title: The Middle Colonies: Ethnically Diverse, Religiously Tolerant
1The Middle ColoniesEthnically
Diverse,Religiously Tolerant
2The Middle Colonies
- New York
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware
3Characteristics
- 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.)
4New York
- New Amsterdam
- Founded in 1626
- Founded by Dutch English in 1664
- Shipbuilding and trade
- Governor appointed by king
- Dutch Reformed, others
5Prospect of the City of New York
6New 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
7Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- Founded in 1681
- Founded by William Penn as a safe place for
Quakers - Shipbuilding and trade
- Proprietor selected the governor
- Quaker
8Delaware
- Founded in 1682
- Founded by William Penn
- Tobacco
- Proprietor selected the governor
- Quaker
9Colonial 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
10Lifestyles 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
11 The Middle Colonies had excellent land for
farming leading to the region being called the
bread colonies.
12The Middle Colonies
- Three rivers, Susquehanna, Delaware,
- and Hudson tapped fur trade in the
- interior and exploration in the
- Backcountry.
13Pennsbury Rollover
Steuben Rollover
14The middle colonies were ethnically diverse,
religiously tolerant and democratic. Quakers
contributed to human freedom, farming, lumbering,
shipbuilding, shipping, trade, and fur trapping.