Middle Colonies

1. Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware Middle Colonies By:

2. Settled in 1624 for expansion as well as trade by the Duke of York. • New York was a place of economic activities such as farming wheat, milling lumber, refining sugar, distilling, shipbuilding, and was also a large place of trade. • Slavery was a big part in New York’s society because they had a lot of labor to be done. New York

3. New York Map

4. Settled in 1638 for trade purposes by Johan Printz, Johan Rising, and William Penn. • Henry Hudson (a Dutch man) was one founding father, discovering Delaware years earlier, in 1609. • William Penn is the most notable founder of this colony, because this was not the first colony he had established. William had also claimed the colony of Pennsylvania and led it as well. • Delaware was a place of trading and farming, just like many of the thirteen colonies. They fished since they were mostly surrounded by water and also farmed tobacco. • Originally, the Dutch tried to colonize Delaware before the English. A captain, Samuel Argall, gave the colony its name. Argall named it after his colonies governor, Thomas West, Baron De La Warr. This attempt at colonization eventually failed, which led the colony to its next visitors, the Swedish. • In early 1638, Swedish explorers tried to colonize a “New Sweden” where Delaware is presently located. This was quickly stopped by a Dutch Governor, Peter Stuyvesant. The English soon followed, taking over the Dutch land and claiming it officially as “Delaware”. Delaware

5. Delaware started of as a slave state, but its numbers began to decrease as time moved on. • The families in Delaware had much of the same behaviors as all people in these times. Average families would usually all work for their father/husband. Children (usually just boys) would work with their fathers and daughters and mothers would stay home to look after the house. Delaware

6. Many small rivers flowed across Delaware such as the Nanticoke which flows into the Chesapeake Bay. • Flowing through the east side of the colony is the Delaware River and also located there is the Delaware Bay • The land in Delaware is mainly low elevation, with not many mountains. Delaware Map & Features

7. Settled in 1630 for expansion, a Quaker refuge, and a trade post. It was founded by John Berkley and John Carteret. • New Jersey’s economic activities included farming grain, livestock, producing rum, and also fishing. • Religious tolerance was strong in New Jersey, and every religion was welcome to live in this colony. New Jersey

8. New Jersey is much like Delaware, it has water on its East side, and is mainly flat. • New Jersey is more mountainous in its northern area compared to its southern. • The Delaware River and Water Gap are located here. New Jersey Map

9. Settled in 1644 for Swedish expansion, religious tolerance, and to be a Quaker colony. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn (who also helped found Delaware). • Pennsylvania has the same activities as New Jersey, excluding fishing. They farmed grain, livestock, and produced rum as well. • Quakers were the majority of the religion in Pennsylvania, but the colony was made so religious freedom was possible. Many types of religions were existent in PA at this time. • William Penn was the most notable founder of Pennsylvania. He had helped found other colonies, such as Delaware, and was an important person in the development of PA. • Pennsylvania was a large area of slaves, seeing as most slave owners were Quakers. William Penn, the founder, owned slaves himself. In 1780, however, a law of slavery abolition was created. This freed most of the slaves in this colony. • Economic activities going on were the farming of wheat, corn, and flax by indentured servants. They also manufactured art, crafts, sawmills, and ships. Pennsylvania

10. Pennsylvania is an area of many mountains. It also has many geological ranges such as the Great Appalachian Valley, Allegheny river, and many more. Pennsylvania Map