10/12/2016
MIDDLE COLONIES
• Settlements of French, Dutch, Germans,
Sweden, Danish, Finnish, Irish, Scottish
and English.
GEOGRAPHY
RELIGION
• People of the middle colonies
represented many cultures and
religions.
• Quakers (Pennsylvania) …Religious
Freedom
PHILADELPHIA
• Included New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware.
• Rich soil of Delaware and New Jersey…
• Valleys and wooded mountains of New York and
Pennsylvania
• Philadelphia: bustling trade center. First city
with a public school, newspaper, and grid
streets. Major city within colonies.
RELATIONSHIP WITH NATIVE
AMERICANS
• Used slaves and indentured
servants/Native Americans as
workers
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