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8. Mild Climate, warm summers, and mild winters.
9. Legislature, Democratic, Governor and Governor's court.
10. New York: New York City and Albany, Delaware: Wilmington and Georgetown, New Jersey: Trenton and Princeton, Pennslyvania: Philadelphia, Lancaster, and York.

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5. Farmers.
6. Proprietors don't tell what people can or can't do.
7. Most of them were enslaved.

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8.  They have warm climate and they grow crops.
9.  legislature democratic, and governor
10. New York- Albany, New York City  New Jersey- Trenton, Princeton. Pennsylvania- Philadelphia, Lancaster, York
Delaware- Georgetown, Wimington

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1. The Breadbasket Colonies.
2. New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware.
3. The soil was very rich.
4.Philadelphia.

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1. The Breadbasket Colonies
2. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
3. Because the soil was very rich.
4. Philadelphia

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5. Estabilished
6.  They could price their goods at any price that they want.
7. Because the ports became very busy.

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1. The 13 colonies
2. New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island
3. They grew crops for their families
4. Plymouth
5.

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1. 13
2. Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, and New Jersey
3. To make more food for the hunger in Europe and the Caribbean
4.  Station

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8. Describe the climate of the Middle Colonies.
9. All of the systems of the government in the Middle Colonies elected their own__________ they were all________, they all had a ________ court, and a court system.
10. Name two major towns in each of the Middle Colonies.
Colony: New York, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania

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The Middle Colonies: The Establishment and Settlement of the 13 original colonies

Map of the Middle Colonies
The Middle Colonies shown on this Map are composed of Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, and New Jersey.

The Middle Colonies chart provides important information and interesting facts about each of the Middle Colonies including the date the colony was established, the systems of Colonial government, religion, major towns in the Middle Colonies and the names of famous people associated with the founding and establishment each colony. The Middle Colonies chart provides the ability to see at a glance the differences between the regions on a chart.

Information and Facts about the Middle Colonies
The four Middle Colonies of Colonial America consisted of a mix of both northern and southern features and its early settlement was dominated by non-English Europeans, mostly Dutch and German, the English colonists were in the minority. Facts about the Middle Colonies of Colonial America:

Fact 1 - Geography: The geography of the Middle Colonies had a mix of the New England and Southern features but had fertile soil and land that was suited to farming

Fact 2 - Natural Resources: Good farmland, timber, furs and coal. Iron ore was a particularly important natural resource

Fact 3 - Religion: Not dominated by a specific religion which gave way to religious freedom for Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jews and others.

Fact 4 - Climate: The Middle Colonies had a mild climate with warm summers and mild winters

Fact 5 - Trade / Exports: The Middle Colonies were the big food producing region that included corn and wheat and livestock including beef and pork. Other industries included the production of iron ore, lumber, textiles, furs and shipbuilding - refer to Colonial Times and Colonial Society.

Middle Colonies - Economic Activity & Trade
There were considerable differences between the New England, Middle and Southern regions. Economic activities and trade were dependant of the environment in which the Colonists lived. The geography and climate impacted the trade and economic activities of Middle Colonies. The Middle Colonies exported agricultural products and natural resources. The Middle colonies are often called the breadbasket colonies because they grew so many crops, especially wheat. The Middle colonies built flour mills where wheat was ground into flour, then shipped to England. A typical farm was 50 to 150 acres consisting of a house, barn, yard and fields. The Middle Colonies were also able to manufacture iron ore products such as plows, tools, kettles, nails and large blocks of iron which they exported to England.
A Reverberatory furnace of 1647 used to melt iron
Middle Colonies Government
All of the systems of government in the Middle Colonies elected their own legislature, they were all democratic, they all had a governor, governor's court, and a court system. Government in the Middle Colonies was mainly Proprietary, but New York started as a Royal Colony. Definitions of both of the government systems are as follows:

Royal Government: The Royal Colonies were ruled directly by the English monarchy

Propriety Government: The King granted land to people in North America, who then formed Proprietary Colonies

For additional facts and information refer to Colonial Government.

The Middle Colonies were not dominated by a single religion which gave way to more liberal attitudes and some religious freedom. There were Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jews and others in the Middle regions and colonies. For additional facts an d information about religion refer to Middle Colonies Religion
Pilgrims and Puritans or our comprehensive article on Religion in the Colonies.

Original Names of the Middle Colonies
The original names of the Middle Colonies were the Province of New York, later New York and Vermont, the Province of New Jersey, later New Jersey, the Province of Pennsylvania, later Pennsylvania and the Delaware Colony (before 1776, the Lower Counties on Delaware), later Delaware.
Map of the 13 Colonies Middle Colonies

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Check out this site for facts about the Middle Colonies. The Government, Geography and Religion of the Middle Colonies. Fast facts about the Middle Colonies

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5. Many families in the Middle Colonies were_________________.
6. What is a free market economy?
7. Why did many artisans and laborers find work in New York and Philadelphia?

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1. The Middle Colonies were also known as the __________________ Colonies.
2. Name the 4 Middle Colonies.
3. Why were farmers able to grow more grain then they could use in the Middle Colonies?
4. Under William Penn,___________________ became a fabulous city with broad streets, stone and brick houses, and a port.

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The 13 American Colonies for Kids - The Middle Colonies - New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware - The 13 Colonies for Kids

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The Middle Colonies for Kids: The Breadbasket colonies