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The Middle Colonies: Farms and Cities
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The Quakers believed that people of different beliefs could live together in harmony. They
helped to create a climate of tolerance and acceptance in the middle colonies of New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, as you will read in
this section.
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The Middle Colonies attracted Dutch and German farmers
who, through their use of advanced farming techniques, were able to grow cash crops of fruits, vegetables and above
all grain.
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At a gristmill, corn, wheat, rye, and other grains, were turned into
flower or meal which could be later turned into bread, or be
sold at market.
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Excellent harbors of the Middle Colonies were ideal cites for cities.Large port cities like New York and Philadelphia quickly grew in the early 1700s.
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Philadelphia
• Founded on the Delaware River
• Merchants exported grain and cash crops from local farms and imported manufactured goods from England
• Philadelphia became the fastest growing city in the colonies due to trade.
• The Cities wealth brought many public improvements.
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New York City (NYC)• Ports handled flour, bread, furs and Whale
Oil.• Because the colony was a merchant economy
there was little need for slaves.• Only 7% of the population in the Middle
Colonies were slaves.• NYC had the largest population of people of
African descent than any other Northern city.
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• Middle Colony port towns attracted many German immigrants.
• Some of these immigrants were artisans who created cottage industries that would later form the basis of the factory system.
• Most came as indentured servants fleeing religious intolerance.
Diversity and Tolerance
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Germans influence Middle Colony culture
• Many Germans were attracted to Pennsylvania because the colony did not tax its people in order to support a particular denomination.
• Famous for Farming
• Skilled craftsman developed long rifles, worked as ironworkers, glass, furniture, and kitchenware makers
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Germans built Conestoga wagons to carry their produce and goods to town.
The first Conestoga wagons appeared in Pennsylvania around 1725 and
are thought to have been introduced by Mennonite German settlers in that area, and its name came from
the Conestoga Valley in that region.
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Because of the large number of Dutch in New York, and Quakers
in Pennsylvania, the middle colonies had a climate of
tolerance.
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FOR UNDERSTANDING
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Due to trade _________ became the fastest growing city in the colonies.
• 1) Jamestown
• 2) Boston
• 3) Philadelphia
• 4) New York
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At a ______, corn, wheat, rye, and other grains, were turned
into flower or meal.
• 1) factory
• 2) warehouse
• 3) gristmill
• 4) silo
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Many German immigrants were ______ who created ______that would later form the basis of the
factory system.
• 1) artisans, cottages
• 2) artists, cottage industries
• 3) artisans, manufacturing centers.
• 4) artisans, cottage industries
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The tolerant attitude of the Middle Colonies did not prevent about
______ of the population from being enslaved.
• 1) 40%.
• 2) 17%
• 3) 13%.
• 4) 7%
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Germans built ______ to carry their produce to town.
• 1) trebuchets
• 2) chuckwagons
• 3) Conestoga wagons
• 4) carts
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Because of the large number of ______ in New York, and ______ in Pennsylvania, the middle colonies
had a climate of tolerance.
• 1) Dutch, Quakers
• 2) Dutch, Puritans
• 3) Germans, Quakers
• 4) Germans, Puritans
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The ______ had a relatively tolerant attitude toward various European
immigrants and religions.
• 1) Backcountry
• 2) New England Colonies
• 3) Southern Colonies
• 4) Middle Colonies
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Middle Colony port towns during the 1700s attracted many ______
immigrants.
• 1) Polish
• 2) German
• 3) Chinese
• 4) Spanish