Middle Colonies

An English colony in which the king gave land to proprietors in exchange for a yearly payment

• Royal Colony

• Proprietary Colony

• Charter Colony

• Ant Colony

Protestant reformers who believe in the equality of "ALL" people. (Women, Natives, Men, Nobles)

• Puritans

• Catholics

• Quakers

• Pilgrims

German-speaking Protestants who settled in Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Dutch

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

• Separatists

A crop sold for money at market (Wheat, rye, barley)

• combine

• bumper crop

• bonanza

• cash crop

Unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power

• Temperate

• Oppression

• Relief

• Reform

A Quaker that founded Pennsylvania to establish a place where his people and others could live in peace and be free from persecution.

• Roger Williams

• William Penn

• Duke of York

• Anne Hutchinson

Middle Colonies (names)

• Massachusetts, New England, Amsterdam, New Jersey

• Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts

• Albany, Dover, Williamsburg, New York

• Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, New Jersey

Farmers grew cash crops. Herds of Cattle and Pigs were raised. There were industries such as lumber and iron mills, and New York and Philadelphia were large trading centers.

• Middle Colonies Economy

• New England Economy

• Southern Colonies Economy

*Longer growing season

*More mild climate

*fertile soil for farming

• Geography/Climate of the Southern Colonies

• Geography/Climate of the Middle Colonies

• Geography/Climate of the New England Colonies

Nickname given to Middle Colonies (Pennsylvania) because they exported so much wheat, barley and rye.

• toaster

• breadbasket

• pizza oven

• bakersfield