The Middle Colony

What was one push factor for the Middle Colony being established?

• Couldn't pass down land to their children

• Couldn't worship their own religion

• The wanted freedom of speech

• Were suffering from poverty

What were the colonies in the Middle Colony?

• Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut

• Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

• New York, Pennsylvanian, New Jersey, and Delaware

What was the land like in the Middle Colony?

• Well suited for agriculture, long growing seasons and well positioned rivers that provided easy irrigation

• Clear water, cold weather, very poor stony land.

• Land plantations dominate the regions and as a result people were much more spread out

What was the climate like in the Middle Colony?

• Cold weather kept babies from diseases

• Warm weather allowed for diseases like yellow fever to spread

• Good temperature for agriculture

What was the Middle Colony´s economy based on?

• Crops like tobacco, indigo, and rice were growing and exported to other region

• They made their money through ship building and fishing

• Rivers and long growing seasons traded with nearby colony's.

What people made up the Middle Colony?

• White, English and worshiped the puritan faith

• Germans, Dutch, Sweden, Irish, French, and English people lived here. Quakers, Catholic, Calvinists, Lutherans, Presbyterians, and Mennonites.

• Maryland, the northern most colony is the southern often be grouped with ever southern or middle colonies

What were some pull factors in the Middle Colony?

• Had job opportunities

• People could own land

• Didn't have enough jobs

• People could become farmers