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Title: The Middle Colonies


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The Middle Colonies
  • What you need to know!

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Middle Colonies
  • People from many nations settled the middle
    colonies
  • Dutch, Swedes, Finns, English, Scots
  • The Economy was mainly Trade Farming

3
New York / New Jersey
  • New York
  • Founded By Dutch
  • Called It New Amsterdam lots of fur trade
  • The English Renamed it NY in 1664
  • New Jersey
  • Had diverse population of Dutch, Swedes, Finns
    Scots
  • English Took Control in 1664

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Pennsylvania
  • Founded by William Penn A Quaker
  • Quakers supported non-violence Religious
    tolerance.
  • Philadelphia means City of Brotherly Love.

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Economy
  • Farming
  • Wheat
  • Barley
  • Oats
  • Labor Mostly Indentured Servants
  • Trade with England West Indies (Cuba) was
    important.
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