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Ch.4, Sec.2 – The Middle Colonies: Farms & Cities
A Wealth of Resources
- the Middle Colonies consisted of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, & Delaware
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Ch.4, Sec.2 – The Middle Colonies: Farms & Cities
- the Middle Colonies, especially Pennsylvania, provided a climate of acceptance for all religions
- the Middle Colonies attracted a wide variety of immigrants from all over Europe
- resources included houses, roads, meadows, orchards, bridges, a long growing season, and soil rich enough to grow cash crops such as fruits, vegetables, and grains
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Ch.4, Sec.2 – The Middle Colonies: Farms & Cities
The Importance of Mills
- gristmills were used to turn grain into usable flour or meal
- bread was crucial to the Middle Colonists’ diet, but they also sold a lot of it to the region’s coastal markets for sale
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Ch.4, Sec.2 – The Middle Colonies: Farms & Cities
The Cities Prosper
- New York City developed along the Hudson River in New York and Philadelphia developed along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania
- trade made cities grow very fast, but even more so in Philadelphia where buildings like Independence Hall were built
- port cities exported cash crops and imported goods
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Ch.4, Sec.2 – The Middle Colonies: Farms & Cities
A Diverse Region
- the Middle Colonies showed a vast diversity of immigrant people from all over Europe
- the colonies were mostly made up of English, Germans, Dutch, Irish, French, Swedish, etc…
- many German artisans made rifles, furniture, glass, etc…
- the Germans used Conestoga wagons for trade, which would later be used to settle the West
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Ch.4, Sec.2 – The Middle Colonies: Farms & Cities
A Climate of Tolerance
- no single cultural group dominated, so the Middle Colonies has a great amount of tolerance for each other and their religious differences
- the Quakers in Pennsylvania supported equality, religious tolerance, and spoke out against Native American & African American slavery
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Ch.4, Sec.2 – The Middle Colonies: Farms & Cities
African Americans in the Middle Colonies
- by A.D. 1750, about 7% of the Middle Colonies’ population was enslaved
- most worked as manual laborers, servants, wagon drivers, and assistants to artisans
- free African Americans made their ways to cities, like New York, where they worked as laborers, servants, and sailors