Middle Colonies Baltimore Philadelphia 23,000 Jews Longer growing season Largest cities in the colonies by the mid-1700’s Rivers to transport Catholics Religions Quakers Cash crops Business, Trade, & Cities Breadbasket Lutherans Crops grown to be sold to others Huguenots A Different Kind of Community Middle Colonies No public schools Education & training France Frontier England Apprentice From diverse countries Cheap land German Trainee to a master worker A thinly settled area on the outer limits of the colonies Women shared equal responsibility Dutch