1. PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE VUS 2-3 PART 4

2. ***Settlement OF Middle Colonies SETTLED CHIEFLY BY THE GERMAN,DUTCH, AND ENGLISH IMMIGRANTS SEEKING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

3. ***MIDDLE COLONIES- Religions  Religious misfits from other colonies.  Home to multiple religious groups who generally believed in religious tolerance, including Quakers in Pennsylvania, Huguenots (French Protestants) and Jews in New York, and Presbyterians in New Jersey

4. He received a grant from king to establish a colony.  Named Pennsylvania  Paid Indians for land.  Quakers did not believe in war ***William Penn- QUAKER LEADER

5. ***MIDDLE COLONIES ECONOMIES SHIPBUILDING SMALL SCALE FARMING TRADING **Large seaports and commercial centers-NEW YORK,NY and PHILDADELPHIA,PA

6. The Middle Colonies had more flexible social structures than New England or the Southern Colonies. They began to develop a middle class of skilled artisans, entrepreneurs, and small farmers. Social Structure

7. ***PHILADELPHIA,PA THIS WOULD BECOME THE LARGEST CITY IN ALL OF THE COLONIES

8. **SOCIAL STRUCTURES- MIDDLE COLONIES BELIEVED IN RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE MORE FLEXIBLE SOCIAL STRUCTURES- DEVELOPED A MIDDLE CLASS OF: SKILLED ARTISANS, BUSINESS OWNERS(ENTREPRENEURS) AND SMALL FARMERS

9. **POLITICAL LIFE OF MIDDLE COLONIES Middle Colonies incorporated a number of democratic principles that reflected the basic rights of Englishmen

10. CHARACTERISTICS OF ALL THE COLONIES APPLIED TO SOUTHERN, NEW ENGLAND, AND THE MIDDLE COLONIES

11. ALL COLONIES BELIEVED IN THE FOLLOWING STRONG BELIEF IN PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY FREE ENTERPRISE

12. ***CHARACTERISTICS OF ALL COLONIES ALL OF THE COLONIES HAD SMALL SCALE SUBSISTENCE FARMING AS ONE OF THEIR ECONOMIES ALL COLONIES HAD SEAPORTS-WHICH WERE THE BIGGEST CITIES IN THE REGION

13. ***She had no legal rights to buy and sell property. Under husband’s rule. Few taught to read-except the Bible. ***She had no legal rights to buy and sell property. Under husband’s rule. Few taught to read-except the Bible. Multiple pregnancies close together Multiple pregnancies close together Many WOMEN DIED IN CHILDBIRTH. Many WOMEN DIED IN CHILDBIRTH. COLONIAL WOMEN’S LIVES

14. **GEOGRAPHY OF COLONIES WESTERN BOUNDARY OF COLONIES -THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

15. ** FIRST-GREAT AWAKENING SWEPT BOTH EUROPE AND THE COLONIES IN THE MID 1700SSWEPT BOTH EUROPE AND THE COLONIES IN THE MID 1700S RAPID GROWTH OF EVANGELICAL RELIGIONS (BAPTIST,METHODIST)RAPID GROWTH OF EVANGELICAL RELIGIONS (BAPTIST,METHODIST) CHALLENGED THE ESTABLISHED GOVERNMENTAL AND RELIGIOUS ORDERSCHALLENGED THE ESTABLISHED GOVERNMENTAL AND RELIGIOUS ORDERS WOULD LAY SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WOULD LAY SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION