1. Middle Colonies
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware

2. Pennsylvania Founded by William Penn for Quakers.
Quakers were a religious group who suffered persecution because of their beliefs.
Pennsylvania established religious freedom for Christians
Penn bought land from Indians
William Penn

3. New York & New Jersey
New York was founded by Dutch and called New Netherland.
England took control and renamed it New York.
Both New York & New Jersey (carved out of NY) had:
Diverse populations
Jews
Dutch
Swedes
Grew large amounts of wheat

4. Delaware Sometimes called “Southern” colony
Was once part of Pennsylvania