1. The Middle Colonies Delaware Founded in 1638 Founded by William Penn
Presented by Morgan Barnes and
Jade Dioguardi

2. Geographical Characteristics & climate
Glaciers dropped fertile soil.
Warm damp climate.
A good farming region.
It was warm in the summer and cold in the winter.
Both men and woman spent long hours in the field and at home.789

3. Reason for settlement Worship Freely.
James the Duke of York gave William Penn more land because he didn’t want the land anymore.
This land later became Delaware.

4. Religious Beliefs They were Catholics, Jews, Quakers, and Lutherans.
They believed that all people could worship Freely.
They could voice their opinions.

5. Government Worship Freely. Colonists could elect an assembly.
In England Penn was a member of a religious group called the society of friends, or Quakers.
In Delaware it was mostly Quakers.

6. Education Only older men could go to collage.
Parents had to teach their kids how to read and write.
Most children in the Middle colonies learned how to read & write but many colonies believed that it was most important for children to learn useful work skills
Parents expected their children to learn a business or run the family farm instead of going to collage.

7. Agriculture/Manufacturing
Colonists hunted and trapped deer and beaver.
They grew grain, rice, and tobacco.
Colonists were free to make decisions they believed would earn them the most money.
They had a free market economy.
They also planted indigo which was important to the Middle colonies because it could be made into a blue dye to color cloth.
Some of the laborers in the Middle colonies were enslaved Africans they worked in laundries, as house servants or on the docks loading and unloading ships.

8. Settlements/Homes
The people of the Middle colonies came from many lands.
Colonists were German, Dutch, Scots-Irish, Scan-dinavian, and English.
Many people came to Delaware because they didn’t agree with the church of England.

9. Towns/cities New Amsterdam (City)
New Sweden (city) was the original name of Delaware.
In 1776, the colony officially became Delaware.
Wilmington

10. Other interesting facts to know
The Middle colonies were a place where people from many different countries could live together and earn a good living.
William Penn got along with the Indians when most other people fought with the Indians.
There were 2,500 people in Delaware in 1700, and in 1770 there were 35,500 people in Delaware.
Delaware was right next to Maryland.

11. Important people to know
John Berkley
Olaudah Equono
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Hudson
Peter Minuit
Peter Stuyvesant
William Penn