The Duke of York combined New Netherland and New Sweden and renamed the area Delaware. The Great Migration - Mass migration of thousands of English people to the Americas that took place between 16.ĭelaware was settled. The Dutch surrendered New Netherlands without a fight and it was renamed New York. In 1664, King Charles II granted New Netherland to his brother James, Duke of York who took a fleet to the area. New Netherlands, which became New York, was settled by the Dutch New Netherlands refer to Peter Stuyvesant and Peter Minuit. The original names of the Middle Colonies were the Province of New York, later New York and Vermont, the Province of New Jersey, later New Jersey, the Province of Pennsylvania, later Pennsylvania and the Delaware Colony (before 1776, the Lower Counties on Delaware), later Delaware. For additional facts an d information about religion refer to Pilgrims and Puritans or our comprehensive article on Religion in the Colonies. There were Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jews and others in the Middle regions and colonies. The Middle Colonies were not dominated by a single religion which gave way to more liberal attitudes and some religious freedom. Propriety Government: The King granted land to people in North America, who then formed Proprietary Coloniesįor additional facts and information refer to Colonial Government.Royal Government: The Royal Colonies were ruled directly by the English monarchy.Definitions of both of the government systems are as follows: Government in the Middle Colonies was mainly Proprietary, but New York started as a Royal Colony. The Middle Colonies were also able to manufacture iron ore products such as plows, tools, kettles, nails and large blocks of iron which they exported to England.Ī Reverberatory furnace of 1647 used to melt ironĪll of the systems of government in the Middle Colonies elected their own legislature, they were all democratic, they all had a governor, governor's court, and a court system. A typical farm was 50 to 150 acres consisting of a house, barn, yard and fields. The Middle colonies built flour mills where wheat was ground into flour, then shipped to England. The Middle colonies are often called the breadbasket colonies because they grew so many crops, especially wheat. The Middle Colonies exported agricultural products and natural resources. The geography and climate impacted the trade and economic activities of Middle Colonies. Economic activities and trade were dependant of the environment in which the Colonists lived. There were considerable differences between the New England, Middle and Southern regions.
Middle Colonies - Economic Activity & Trade Other industries included the production of iron ore, lumber, textiles, furs and shipbuilding - refer to Colonial Times and Colonial Society. Fact 5 - Trade / Exports: The Middle Colonies were the big food producing region that included corn and wheat and livestock including beef and pork.Fact 4 - Climate: The Middle Colonies had a mild climate with warm summers and mild winters.Fact 3 - Religion: Not dominated by a specific religion which gave way to religious freedom for Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jews and others.
Iron ore was a particularly important natural resource
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