1. Section 3: Farming and Manufacturing in the Middle Colonies
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Analyze how physical characteristics of the environment influenced population distribution, settlement patterns, and economic activities in the US during the 18th century

2. The “Bread Basket” Colonies
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
New York

3. Geography Rich soil Good growing season # of large streams
Farming flourishes
Developed trade and manufacturing
Towns and cities grow rapidly

4. Economy Farming Wheat, barley, rye, fruits, and other grains
Produced a surplus of these grains
Became cash crops
Crops grown to be sold
Trade and Manufacturing
Traded surplus grains, timber, and furs to other colonies, West Indies, and Europe
Manufacturers made clocks, watches, guns, locks, cloth, hats, glassware, nails, tools, etc.

5. Society in the Middle Colonies
Very diverse area
Known as a “melting pot”
Practice religious freedom
Had fewer schools and colleges than New England
Religious groups ran most of them
Women and African-Americans could not attend college

6. Slavery in the Middle Colonies
Legal until the Revolutionary War
Fewer slaves lived in Middle Colonies than the South
Movement to free the slaves began in the Middle Colonies