1. 6Y 12-21-2016 Wednesday The Middle Colonies
Objective: Describe the Middle Colonies.
Agenda:
Prayer
Do Now: Group Word Search (3 minutes)
Write Question in your notebook
Notes
Presentation
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2. Do not answer this question. Leave 10 spaces.
Who is William Penn and what did he do? WORD SEARCH: Only circle the states that you think belonged to the Middle Colonies!!

3. Class Notes Geography:
The Middle Colonies were: Delaware, Pennsylvania, new jersey, new york
-Rich lands, rolling hills, wide rivers, mountains
-Well weather, warm summers, mild winters, and long going seasons.
Natural reasources- animals for the fur trade, wheat, corn, oats, iron (plows, tools, kettles, and nails)
This helped our colonies region because: all of the tools and crops made people want to live there AND it made an impact on the trade
Dutch founded New York and New Jersey
William Penn founded Pennsylvania
William Penn was from London
William Penn founded the new colony
- The Swedes, Dutch, Scots, Fins lived between the Hutson and the Delaware river -

4. Political
The Quakers were lead by William Penn
Supported non-violence and religious tolerance
Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley were some of the leaders
The government allowed christians to have a free religion
King Charles the second was a ruler at the time

5. Religion
The Middle Colonies had a uniquely diverse religion
Each colony had its own religious rules

6. Economic Ship building was a big industry at the time
Because of the good climate and the rich land, they were able to grow wheat, barley, oats
Wheat, barley, and oats were in a group called staple crops, because they were always needed
-Slaves were part of the economy, but not as much as the south
Trade was also a big part of the economy
Women mainly ran farms and buisnesses such as grocery stores and bakeries and more -

7. Social Dutch started trading and exchanged with the Iroquois
People made a group of friends called the Quakers
Sometimes the colonists had bad relashonships with others because they had slaves work
- William Penn promised Christians to be free of their religion

8. Skit- create a skit with your group -five min to practice -one min long - What it might be like