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. New York

3. New York Map

4. Settled in 1638 for trade purposes by Johan Printz, Johan Rising, and William Penn. • 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. Delaware

5. Delaware Map

6. 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. New Jersey

7. New Jersey Map

8. 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. • 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. Pennsylvania

9. Pennsylvania Map