Middle Colonies

The Middle Colonies

Alexa R.

The Middle Colony´s policy is you are free to be who you want to be

Middle Colonies:

Reason for founding

In the Middle Colonies you can be whatever religion you want unlike the New England colonies where everyone is Puritan. Also another thing there was many things that could be found in the middle colonies that could not be found in Europe that could make you rich like tobacco.

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Iron is commonly found in the middle colonies and other minerals.

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The Middle colonies have thick forests and unlike southern colonies there is not as many mosquitoes in the forests.

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The Middle colonies have humid summers and cold winters

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The middle colonies had rich soil unlike New England rocky soil.

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Economy

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Since so many people wanted tobacco it was an important part of the middle colonies economy.

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Lumbering was an important industry in the middle colonies

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Fur trading was an important industry because it was a popular clothing item for rich in Europe.

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Mining was important industry in the middle colonies because there is so much coal and iron.

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General Assembly

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In the Middle colonies there is a democracy unlike Europe which run by a monarchy. All white land owning males are able to vote for who is part of General Assembly. The General Assembly made all the laws for the colony.

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