Transcript Settling the Middle Colonies - Evergreen Elementary School

Settling the Middle Colonies
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New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
REASONS FOR SETTLING
• Land was good for farming
Main crops
corn
wheat
rye
Large harbors and deep rivers
ENGLISH CONTROL
• Dutch - lived in New Netherlands
England – took over New
Netherlands for land and to control
fur trade
Duke of York
•New Netherlands became New
York
•Cheap land
Quakers – religious freedom
Pennsylvania and Delaware –
given to William Penn
-Many freedoms
-Treated Indians fairly
Life in the Middle Colonies
A MIX OF PEOPLE:
• People came from
many places and
backgrounds
• Middle colonies
offered more
freedom and
acceptance
RELIGION
• Great Awakening –
new religious
movement
–Religious
tolerance
–Equal participation
•Many different religious groups
•Religion was part of social life
•First group to protest slavery
MIDDLE COLONIES ECONOMY
Busy Farms and Seaports
FARMING
• Fertile soil and good climate
• Traded livestock and crops in market
towns
PORT CITIES:
•Major center of trade
New York City – important port
• Hudson River
made trade
easier
• Deep harbors –
good place for
ships to dock
Philadelphia – busiest port
JOBS:
•Artisans – craftspeople who
made products
Apprentice – learned skills from an
artisan