New York-Dhruv Gandhi

New York

Middle Colonies

FOUNDER NAME: Peter Minuit

FOUNDED

INFO

ECONOMY

The New York Colony was founded in 1626 by Peter Minuit and other colonists on Manhattan Island. Geography: Mountains in the northeast, lowlands from Lake Ontario along the Canadian border. Atlantic coastal plain. The general geography of the Middle Colonies had a mix of the New England and Southern features but had fertile soil and land that was suited to farming. Climate: The Middle Colonies had a mild climate with warm summers and mild winters that were suited to farming and agriculture

1626

Novi Eboraci, Civitas Imperii

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ECONOMY

• The Middle Colonies exported agricultural products and natural resources. The Middle colonies are often called the breadbasket colonies because they grew so many crops, especially wheat. The Middle colonies built flour mills where wheat was ground into flour, then shipped to England. A typical farm was 50 to 150 acres consisting of a house, barn, yard and fields. The Middle Colonies were also able to manufacture iron ore products such as plows, tools, kettles, nails and large blocks of iron which they exported to England.

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS/INFORMATION/PEOPLERELIGION

• All of the systems of government in the Middle Colonies elected their own legislature, they were all democratic, they all had a governor, governor's court, and a court system. Government in the Middle Colonies was mainly Proprietary, but New York started as a Royal Colony. The Middle Colonies were not dominated by a single religion which gave way to more liberal attitudes and some religious freedom. There were Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jews and others in the Middle regions and colonies. The colony became a state on July 26, 1788.