The Middle Colonies

By Ava R.

THE COLONIES
OF
BROTHERLY LOVE

-Come and visit us!

The Middle
Colonies

Reason for Founding

King Charles the Second gave William Penn the land of Pennsylvania to repay a dept. When Penn created the colony it was for Quakers, but Pennsylvania welcomes all people!

Imagine the Religious Freedoms!

Live where you are respected!

The land of New York was given to The Duke of York as a gift from King Charles the Second!

Reason for Founding

Geography

Live where you can enjoy all the seasons!

Don’t worry, the middle colonies don’t have extreme summers or winters! The beautiful chilly winters and the sunny warm summers give great contrast!

The middle colony’s soil is rich of iron and copper, a great indrusty!

The middle colonies have long growing seasons, for all you farmers!

In the Middle Colonies, you can work as a farmer, a merchant, a sailer, a trapper, a merchant, or a lumberman!

Economy

The Middle Colonies have many work opportunities!

Mining is a big industry in the Middle Colonies!

They have all of Ben Franklins’s great inventions!

Philadelphia

The Freedoms!

In Philadelphia, you have freedom of speech, worship, and trial by jury!

They do German Barn Raising
where everyone drops what they’re doing and help you build your house!

The Innovation!

Why the Middle Colonies are Better

Why would you want to live in the Northern Colonies? It is bitter cold and you can only practice Puritan Religion!

Why would you want to live in the Southern Colonies? They have deadly mosquitoes and Georgia is full of thugs! You are also closer to the Spanish, and you’re the most likely to get attacked!