Transcript File - AES Fourth Grade News

Middle
Colonies
Colonies
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New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Geography/Location
• Rich soil which helped
plants and crops to grow
• Plains, valleys, and
hills/mountains
• Harbors, bays, rivers
• Deep rivers allowed larger
ships to travel to inland
settlements and allowed
colonists to trade.
• Moderate climate which
made for a long growing
season
Resources
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Wildlife
Wheat
Corn
Barley
Grain
Were known as
the “Breadbasket
Colonies”
because they
•These became known as
produced so
Cash Crops- crops grown
much wheat,
corn, and rye
to sell for profit
Reasons for settling
• Religious freedom
• Economic opportunity- People wanted to buy
land and grow crops to make money.
Economy/Trade
• By the mid 1700’s Philadelphia and New York
were important trading and manufacturing
centers
• Merchants in Philadelphia and New York
exported colonial goods to markets in Britain
and the East Indies
– Included wheat from Pennsylvania, New York, and
New Jersey
Industries
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Breadbaskets
Raised livestock
Farmers
Shipping
Trading
People
• Artisans – someone who
is skilled at making
something by hand, such
as silver spoons or
wooden chairs
• Quakers – religious
people who were
members of a church
• Slaves
• Farmers
Artisans
• People who were skilled at making things by
hand, like silver spoons or wooden chairs.
• Liked the big cities as there were more
customers in a city
• Attracted by the free market economy-which
means people could buy and sell what they
wanted.
Women
• Women made important contributions to the
economy
– Ran farms, businesses such as clothing, grocery
stores, bakeries, and drugstores
– Practiced medicine and acted as midwives
– Colonial laws in this area limited their
opportunities
• Most colonial women worked in the home
and ran the farm
• Sometimes provided paid services like
washing clothes
Apprentice
• Someone who studies with a master to learn a
new skill or business
• Boys learned shoemaking, printing or
bookmaking
• Girls learned how to spin thread and weave
cloth.
Roles
• Slaves-Unlike the New England colonies, slaves
were somewhat more important in the Middle
– Instead of the huge apprentice system, the Middle
Colonies used slave labor in its place
– Worked as blacksmiths and carpenters
– Could also be found in the shipbuilding industry
• Indentured servants filled a lot more of those
needs than slave labor
– They were not a life long commitment
– After their term was done, they were gone
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