This is my Powerpoint on the Middle Colonies

1. BY: Shelby Papst

2.  Trading
 Cash crops – known as “Breadbasket”
 Agriculture
 Fishing
 Mercantilism

3.  New York
 Pennsylvania
 New Jersey
 Delaware

4.  Founded in 1624 by the Dutch for trading
with the Dutch West Indies Company
Was New Amsterdam before they had to
surrender to the English in 1644 and was
renamed New York

5.  Founded by William Penn (a Quaker) in 1681
for a safe place for Quakers
 Philadelphia, extended religious freedom and
equality to Quakers
(William Penn – founder of Pennsylvania)

6.  Founded in 1664 by George Carteret and Lord
John Berkley because they were rewarded
with the land by the Duke of York – a gift
 Offered religious and political freedom
(Lord John Berkely) (George Carteret)

7.  Founded by the Swedes in 1638 for trade and
land
Wilmington (Fort Christina)

8.  A group with different beliefs from the other
Christian colonies at the time
 Didn’t have regular services
 Anti-slavery
William Penn founded Pennsylvania as a
place for the Quakers to be safe and freely
express their religion

9.  Mercantilism was the main economic feature
in Europe
 The exporting of goods to other countries in
exchange for other goods and supplies
 The Middle Passage – the slave trading to the
West Indies in exchange for sugar and
molasses