Transcript The Middle Colonies - Barrington 220 School District

The Middle Colonies
Delaware
Founded in 1638
Founded by William Penn
Presented by Morgan Barnes and
Jade Dioguardi
Geographical Characteristics &
climate
• Glaciers dropped fertile
soil.
• Warm damp climate.
• A good farming region.
• It was warm in the
summer and cold in the
winter.
• Both men and woman
spent long hours in the
field and at home.789
Reason for settlement
• Worship Freely.
• James the Duke of
York gave William
Penn more land
because he didn’t
want the land
anymore.
• This land later
became Delaware.
Religious Beliefs
• They were Catholics,
Jews, Quakers, and
Lutherans.
• They believed that all
people could worship
Freely.
• They could voice their
opinions.
Government
• Worship Freely.
• Colonists could elect an
assembly.
• In England Penn was a
member of a religious
group called the society
of friends, or Quakers.
• In Delaware it was mostly
Quakers.
Education
• Only older men could go to
collage.
• Parents had to teach their kids
how to read and write.
• Most children in the Middle
colonies learned how to read &
write but many colonies
believed that it was most
important for children to learn
useful work skills
• Parents expected their children
to learn a business or run the
family farm instead of going to
collage.
Agriculture/Manufacturing
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Colonists hunted and trapped deer
and beaver.
They grew grain, rice, and
tobacco.
Colonists were free to make
decisions they believed would
earn them the most money.
They had a free market economy.
They also planted indigo which
was important to the Middle
colonies because it could be made
into a blue dye to color cloth.
Some of the laborers in the Middle
colonies were enslaved Africans
they worked in laundries, as
house servants or on the docks
loading and unloading ships.
Settlements/Homes
• The people of the Middle
colonies came from many
lands.
• Colonists were German,
Dutch, Scots-Irish, Scandinavian, and English.
• Many people came to
Delaware because they
didn’t agree with the
church of England.
Towns/cities
• New Amsterdam
(City)
• New Sweden (city)
was the original name
of Delaware.
• In 1776, the colony
officially became
Delaware.
• Wilmington
Other interesting facts to know
• The Middle colonies were a
place where people from many
different countries could live
together and earn a good
living.
• William Penn got along with
the Indians when most other
people fought with the Indians.
• There were 2,500 people in
Delaware in 1700, and in 1770
there were 35,500 people in
Delaware.
• Delaware was right next to
Maryland.
Important people to know
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John Berkley
Olaudah Equono
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Hudson
Peter Minuit
Peter Stuyvesant
William Penn