This colony was originally divided into 2 halves, east and west
King Charles the 2nd gave James Duke of York this colony
This is the smallest colony of the middle colonies...
What natural feature made it easy for the middle colonies to sell and trade their goods by boat?
Why did everyone "want a piece" of the middle colonies?
Henry Hudson
Two HUGE cities today that were in the middle colonies...
William Penn's religion (and now, a famous brand of oatmeal!)
The colony that William Penn was given...
These are 3 jobs (other than farming!) you could have in the middle colonies
Pennsylvania!
They were perfect for farming! The "breadbasket" of the colonies
Philadelphia and New York City
This explorer was hired to find a trade route to Asia! (hint... he failed!)
Quaker!
New Jersey
Rivers!
blacksmith, shoemaker, printer!
New York!
Delaware!