1. Culture and Religion of Middle Colonies
By Angie, Sera, Anastasia and Noelle

2. Education
Education was said to be important in the Middle Colonies, but they didn't provide it.
Only in 1683, they passed a law stating that all children must be educated.
Most commonly, local religious groups taught the children.
Boys were taught skill and trade, while girls were tutored at home; learning social and household skills.
Girls were not allowed to be educated, unless they were “quakers” (members of a family of religious movements).
Some important people like William Penn and Benjamin Franklin stressed education for the Middle Colonies.

3. Education Part 2
The most commonly used books were the Bible, a primer, and a hornbook.
A boys school day started at 7a.m., had breakfast at 9, and then dinner at 2-5.
Boys and girls recited their lessons until they memorized them, since textbooks and paper were scarce.
Children on poor families would not get education in literacy and religion, so they took apprenticeships. (They lasted 3-10 years)

4. The religion of the Middle colonies By Noelle Miu
~In the middle colony, you could find English, Dutch, Swedish, German, Scots-Irish, and French.
~The first groups of colonies were Dutch and Swedish Lutherans.
~Quaker William Penn provide religious freedom in Pennsylvania after he was granted a colony (Pennsylvania) in 1681.
~But in his colony, Catholics and Jews could not vote.
~Calvinists, Jews, Moravians, German Lutherans, and Roman Catholics quickly followed the Quakers to Pennsylvania because of religious freedom found there.

5. Tolerance of other religions By Noelle Miu
~The colonists in the Middle colonies accepted Mennonite, Dutch Calvinist, Jewish, Lutheran, Presbyterian and Quaker.
~But all these religions were similar. (They all believed in one God and almost all the groups are based around Christianity)
~Pennsylvania, founded by William Penn, was religiously free, although Catholics and Jews could not vote.
~The middle colonies were otherwise tolerant of other religions.

6. way of life
houses made of wood for middle and lower class
land in the middle colonies was very fertile and many types of crops were grown there.
people in the middle colonies lived on farms where they grew crops to sell and eat.
planted and ate wheat, corn, barley, pumpkins, rye, flax, potatoes, and peas.
ate lots of bread and raised animals.
some colonists lived in big cities such as New york or Philadelphia
most houses were made of wood and they were usually very small but richer families could afford houses made out of brick.
rich families lived here

7. way of life
People in the middle colonies were usually split up into 3 social classes:
the rich people (they were the best educated)
the middle class (farmers and merchants)
and the lower class (sailors)
families usually contained at least seven children with aunts, uncles, and grandparents all living in one house.
the father was the head of the household and the mother was considered his helper.

8. way of life middle colony men wore shirts, breeches, and boots
women wore dresses, aprons, bonnets, petticoats, and shoes but children under the age of five usually dressed like their parents but simpler; slippers instead of shoes.
women had to cook, clean, make clothing, soap, butter, candles, take care of children, and make cloth.
boys and men hunted, build and fixed things, worked in the garden, make tools, and raise the animals.
once women and men finished with work, they sewed, had corn husk weaving contests, or quilted, and men had shooting contests, foot races, and horse races.
once children were done with school, they played marbles and hopscotch and made kites to fly

9. what they dressed in
shirt
boots

10. way of life
the middle colonies and the native americans did not get along too well
the middle colonies forced the native americans to be their slaves
The Middle colonies forced the enslaved Native Americans to work on plantations which they did to African slaves later on
the native americans were traded for African slaves because the colonists found that the Africans could do much more than the native americans
the africans were used to the climate and immune to the diseases while the native americans weren’t

11. William Penn
William Penn was the man responsible for the founding of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania meant “Penn’s Woods”
He was born into the Anglican family and was the son of the Admiral Sir William Penn
At the age of 22, he joined the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers.
Quakers is a society of very religious people. They had a firm belief in God and believed in no other god.
They refused to bow down to other people or put down their hats (symbolized respect)
William Penn often traveled with the founder of the Quakers, William Fox.
Similar to the Pilgrims the Quakers escaped from England, because they wanted to freely practice their religion, Christianity.
King Charles II was supposed to pay a large loan to William Penn’s father, so in return he gave William Penn (the son) the land which is now, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania was supposed to be a land where the people can freely practice their religion far away from England, such as the Quakers.
William Penn started a democratic system with the ability to practice religion freely, fair trials, elected representatives, and separation of power.
After, planning the streets of Pennsylvania he ventured out to the outskirts of Pennsylvania and befriended with fellow surrounding Indians, the Lenape Indians.
Philadephia means “brotherly love”

12. Peter Minuit
Peter Minuit was the founder of Delaware and New Amsterdam (New York)
In 1625, the Dutch West India Company hired Peter Minuit as the director/general of New Amsterdam.
He traveled to the New World in 1625 with two ships full of colonists.
Peter Minuit was able to trick Native Indians, by giving them “bad water”. The “bad water” gave the Native Americans the ability to think not as well as before, making it easy for Peter Minuit to trick the Indians with iron and other non-precious stones, so he could gain the island Manahachtanienk.
Peter Minuit purchased Manhattan on 1626 from the Native Americans.
He renamed the island New Amsterdam, but eventually the British renamed it Manhattan, now a major trading city.
In 1631, he was temporarily suspended from his position. Settlers were trading fur than working for the Dutch West India Company.
This was taken to court in Amsterdam, and Peter Minuit was proven that he failed to take proper care, so he eventually lost his position.

13. Population and Major Cities
Because of the democratic society and the ability to freely practice their religion, around 9,000 people settled around the middle colonies during 1685
By the end of the colonial period the population increased to 30,000
The people were all very talented, and used their talents to make business successful, making the middle colonies one of the most thriving areas of the United States.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
When William Penn allowed the freedom of religion, thousands of different people came to the New World. There settlers made streets, brick houses, and docks.
Manhattan, New York
Manhattan was traded in exchange of non-precious metals.

14. Major Events in the
1623- New Netherlands (New York) was settled by Peter Stuyvesant and Peter Minuit
1638- Delaware was settled by the Duke of the York, but was founded by Peter Minuit
Delaware was combined with New Sweden and New Netherland
1640- the Quakers (The Society of Friends) was founded in England and was a religious group that believed that everyone was created equally.
1651, 1660, and The Navigation Acts is created. It controls the trade going around the middle colonies and gives the authority for England to collect taxes.
1664- New Jersey was settled Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley, but it was given by the Duke of the York
1682- the Quakers settle to Pennsylvania
1696- The Salutary Neglect was created and was used to give colonies the freedom in economic matters.
1702- The two parts of New Jersey were united into a royal colony until 1702
1703- Delaware was part of Pennsylvania until 1703

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