The Breadbasket colonies of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware had rich soil, good climate, harbors, and rivers ideal for farming, fishing, trading, and shipbuilding. New York was founded by the Dutch as New Amsterdam and later captured by the English. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a place of religious freedom, especially for Quakers. Philadelphia became a major trading port. Delaware was originally settled by the Swedes and later came under Dutch and English control. New Jersey was founded and given to British noblemen as a gift from the Duke of York.

1. By: Maya Webb

2. • New York
• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• Delaware

3.  Rich soil
 Good climate
 Excellent natural harbors
Wide, flowing rivers
 Trading
 Farming: cash crops
 Fishing
 Craftsmen
 Shipyards
*Known as the Breadbasket colonies

4.  New York was originally founded by the Dutch as
New Amsterdam, so that the Dutch could make a
name for their own country by business. New
Amsterdam became a very successful trading
port (led by Peter Stuyvesant), so the English
decided they wanted it. They took over the city
with no blood spilled and renamed it New York.
 New Amsterdam was founded in 1624, but was
taken over in 1664 and continued to be a
successful trading port.

5.  Pennsylvania was founded by William
Penn as a place of religious freedom
especially for Quakers.
 Pennsylvania was founded in 1681
when William Penn was granted a
charter by the King to make a colony.
The King did this because he owed
the Penn family a lot of money, and
William said that he would clear the
King’s debts.
 Philadelphia, a trading port and town
in Pennsylvania, was the fastest
growing city in the colonies because
of the amount of religious tolerance
the colony had and how successful
the trading port was.
 Quakers were Christians
who were tolerant and
peaceful.
 They didn’t have regular
church services, formal
ministers, and men and
women were equal.
 These people were also
the first ones to stand up
against slavery.

6. Delaware was founded by the
Swedes for trading and more land in
1638.
The Dutch eventually took over from
the Swedes until the English took
over it later.

7.  New Jersey was founded by George Carteret
and Lord John Berkley by the Duke of York as
a present in 1664.
 These men were wealthy noblemen in
England.
 The colony offered religious and political
freedoms.

8.  Triangular trade allowed
multiple things to be traded
back and forth between
countries. England was able
to tax the colonists on
imported goods such as tea,
clothing, and furniture.
 The Middle Passage was the
path that slaves and gold
were traded in. The slaves
were terribly abused on their
way to the Caribbean to be
sold.
Navigation acts were laws
that were passed by England
about trading that mostly
benefitted England. These
laws included:
 Trading restricted mainly to England
only
 Buying England’s manufactured goods
 Selling raw goods to England
 Using England’s ships
 Forbade companies that competed
with English ones
 If colonists wanted to trade in other
nations, they had to do tax stops in
England.