the middle colonies. what makes up the middle colonies?
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The Middle Colonies
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What makes up the Middle Colonies?
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What makes up the Middle Colonies?
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• Deleware
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Geography
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Hudson River
• Flows south through the eastern part of New York
• Reaches New York City
• Dumps into the Atlantic Ocean
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Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania
• This is the second largest colony in the region
• Philadelphia is the biggest city. It is located on a lowland on the Delaware River
• Lowland-is an area of land that is low in relationship to the rest of the surrounding land
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New Jersey and Delaware
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• Delaware is the regions smallest state (second smallest overall)
• Most of New Jersey is a lowland on the Atlantic Ocean
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Farming
• Weather is much better for farming in the Middle Colonies than in the New England Colonies
• Fertile soil
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• Warmer climate
• Crops were wheat and a variety of fruits and vegetables
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New York
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New York
• Began as a Dutch colony of New Netherlands
• Colony was known for its fur trade between the Dutch and the Native Americans
• Also traded with merchants in the English colonies
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• A major problem was its small Dutch population
• England and the Netherlands did not like one another
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• In 1664, King Charles II granted the right to all Dutch lands in North America to his brother, James
• Colony renamed New York after James, the Duke of York.
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New Jersey
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New Jersey
• Established in 1665 when part of Southern New York split off to form a new colony
• It was a first a proprietary colony
• Becomes a royal colony in 1702
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Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania
• In the 1640s-1650s the Quakers were one of a number of new religious groups in England.
• Ideas different from most other groups
• Believed that all people had direct link or inner light with God
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• No ministers because all people were equal in God’s eyes
• One of the first to speak out against slavery
• Believed in equal rights for both men and women
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• Refused to pay taxes that supported the Church of England
• William Penn gets a charter from the King for a new colony in North America
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• Penn arrived in 1682
• His goal was to provide a place for people to practice their religions peacefully
• Much better relationship with the Native Americans than in other colonies
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1) What colony was owned by Netherlands before being taken over by the English?
2) Who was the leader of the Quakers?
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Delaware
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Delaware
• Dutch took control of it in the 1650s but lost it when the English took over New York
• Penn was given control of it as well
• He allows them to form their own colony
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Growth and Change
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Growth and Change
• By the early 1700s more than 20,000 colonists lived in Philadelphia
• Farms were productive (especially wheat, Philadelphia is called “America’s breadbasket”
• Manufactures produced iron, flour, and paper