Middle Colonies
Categories
Names of colonies
Middle Colonies
New York
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Geography and
climate
Good rainfall, temperate (cold winters, hot summers)
Flat plains, rolling hills, grassy, meadows, thick forests
Good harbors and ports
Economic
development/available
resources
Farming/plantations
Trade through their ports
Navigable rivers
Products and crops
Wheat, corn, rye, barley, oats, cows, pigs
Breadbasket Colonies
Type of governments
General Assemblies-elected officials
More freedoms, trial by juries
‘Charter of Privileges’ by Penn
Culture/population
(beliefs)
Quakers
Dutch, Belgium, French, English, Italians, Spanish (Non-English)
Interesting facts
Breadbasket Colonies
Very Diverse
Great Awakening-renewed interest in religion and religious tolerance
Important people
“free slaves”
William Penn
Benjamin Franklin