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Middle Colonies

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”Come to the Middle Colonies to feel safe and strong!”

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AJ R.

Why go to New England? You’re just going to get kicked out because you’re not Purtain.

The Middle Colonies were founded because they needed to expand New England so no other world power could take it.

Pennsylvania was granted to William Penn from the King of England as gift

New York (Originally New Netherlands) was founded because The Duke of York was granted permission to take the land

Do you want to grow some crops?

The Middle Colonies have rich soil for growing crops!

There are nice, toasty summers and long, chilly winters.

Coal, iron, and copper are all natural resources from the Middle Colonies

Coal

Copper

Iron

How People Made Lots of Money

People made money in many different ways some of them are farming, mining, and logging

There was amazing soil for farming, so a lot of people chose to farm

There was coal, iron, and copper to mine and sell so many people chose to mine

There was nice, thick trees in the middle colonies to build boats and other wooden materials for lots of money, so people chose to be loggers

Columbia University

Columbia is one of the 8 Ivy League colleges.

Columbia's medical college was the second medical school ever established in the colonies.

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Why the Middle is the BEST!

In the Middle Colonies people felt safe because they had lightning rods and street lights.

While in the Southern Colonies, people were worrried by being attacked by other world powers.

In New England, you are going to get kicked out because you're not Purtain!