CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MIDDLE COLONIES

							                CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MIDDLE COLONIES
                         THE MIDDLE COLONIES
     Middle Colonies included Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, and New
 T he
Jersey.
         The   most imp ortant and typi cal colonies were Pennsy lvania and New York.
New         York
         Origi nallydiscovered , owned, and settled by the Dutch. Settlements developed in
         New Netherlands in 1624.
         The British took Ne w Yo rk fr om the Dut ch in 16 64.
         The col on y was given to the king ’s brother, the D uke of York, later became the
         king, James II.
         It was, of cou rse, a royal colony.
New         Jersey
          Itwas given to friends of the Duke of York i n 1664.
         It was divided into East Jersey and West Jersey.
         East Jersey included Dut ch and S cots .
         West Jersey was prima rily Quaker.
         New Jersey was united into one colon y in 1702 .
         New Jersey was a royal col ony.
Pennsylvania
          Itwas owned by Willia m Penn and originally was set up for profit and as a haven
         for Quakers.
         Religious tole ration was pra cticed in Penns ylvania .
         Germans , Dutch, and F ren ch we re encouraged to move there . (Pennsylva nia
         Dutch a ctually German.)
         Pennsylvania was a prop rietary col ony .
Delaware
         Delaware   was origi nally settled by the Swedes.
          Atfirst, Delaware was the lower three counties of Pennsyl va nia.
         It was separated into a separate col ony in 1 701.

     Delaware was a proprietary colony.
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The kinds of settlers in the Middle Colonies included:
         Religiousdissente rs such as Quake rs, Catholi cs, and Jews .
         The kinds of settlers in the Middle C olonies incl uded (cont.):
         Many Non-Britis h ca me:
                 Dutch
                 Swedish.
                 Germans
                 French

Artisans
Indentured servants
There was a great amount of diversity of religions in the Middle Colonies.