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Soil helped farms thrive.

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Some Middle colonies didn't have good soil. But the Middle Colonies Prosper did.

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In 1681 King Charles the 2 of England granted William Penn a charter to start a colony. Penn named Pennsylvania.

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The English renamed New Netherland New York in honor for King Charles' brother, the Duke of York.

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Penn believed that the Lenape who were also known as the Delaware, should be included in his plan.

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Rich soil helped call the Middle Colony the bread basket of the colonies.

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he wanted to control the hole east coast.

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Delaware was the last to join what was know as the Middle Colonies.

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the govener of a new colony of netherland.

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New York used to be called New Netherland.

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Pen planed for Pennsylvania to be a place of peace where people would be treated fairly.

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Penn wrote that everyone could live together as neighbors and friends.

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the dutch started colonizing the area along the hudson river soon after hudson explored it in 1609 the colony called it New Netherland it grew rapitly.

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John Smith, John Rolfe, Christopher Newport, Thomas Hooker, Roger Williams, William Penn, and a bunch more people founded the middle colonies.

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The population of the colonies grew rapidly and included many different ethnic groups.,

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What are Middle colonies? The Dutch began colonizing the area along the Hudson River in 1609. The colony was called New Netherland grew rapidly. But, New Netherlands did not remain a Dutch colony for long. King Charles 2 of England wanted to control the entire east cost of North America. In 1664, England sent four warships to the New Netherlands.

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New jersy new york in 1664 the duke of york gave part of new york and two of his friends sir george and carteret.

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William Penn founded Pennsylvania witch means means,"Penn's Woods."

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In 1664 the Duke of York gave part of New York to two of his friends, Sir George Careret and Lord John Berkeley.This land became the colony of New Jersey.

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In 1682 William arrived in North America with about one hundred colonist. His Settlement was called Philadelphia. Philadelphia means '' Brotherly love''.

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Delaware was part of Pennsylvania until 1704.

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Respect and cooperation beetween the dutch and english groups work together in the duthch and english such as trade goods.

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Philadelphia means,"brotherly love."

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lenape who were also known as the delaware should in clued his plan in a letter they wrote live together as neighbors.

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William Penn, a Quaker, wanted his colony to be place where people could practice their religion freely.

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The Quakers are a religious group whose nickname comes from their belief that people should "quake before the power of Lord."

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Respect and cooperation between the Dutch and English and other immigrant groups helped trade and businesses in the Middle Colonies to prosper.