Middle Colonies Vs Middle Colonies

Each of these colonies were founded for a different reason, but most of them were founded for economic reasons. Delaware was founded by Sweden, purely for an economic gain. New Jersey was founded by Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley of Stratton, England, they had received this piece of land as a give from King Charles’ brother, the Duke of York. They promised the freedom of religion and a representative government. Pennsylvania was founded by Quakers so that they would not have to deal with the persecution of their religion elsewhere. New York was founded by Peter Minuit for the purpose of profits and trade. Other than Pennsylvania, most of these colonies did not have a very religious composition. The colonists who lived in the middle colonies were not wealthy and were not poor, again having jobs including farming, but mostly their lives depended on trade. The middle colonies political development was a lot like New Englands, there was no real democracy, there was a monarch appointed governor. Overall, we can see that there are many differences and similarities between New England and the middle colonies in terms of motives for founding, religious and social composition, economic foundations, and political

The Middle Colonies consist of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania otherwise known as the “Breadbasket Colonies” due to their excessive amount of grains and bread. The colonies were economically based on the trading of wheat and grains and as well timber production for shipbuilding. The Middle Colonies were focused on freedom of religion and no taxation without representation. The Middle Colonies were the most diverse inhabitant region out of all the colonies. These groups include the English, Swedes, Dutch, Germans, Scots- Irish, French, Africans and the Native Americans. During the 18th century the middle colonies relied heavily on indentured servants than other region. For instance Pennsylvania was settled by a group of Indentured

After the first few struggling settlements in the New World progressed, more and more colonies sprung from the untested North American soil. Eventually, there were three main categories to the European colonies. They were each unique, although one certain class stood in stark contrast to the other two. This group, the Middle colonies, was a halfway point between the New England and Southern colonies – and not just geographically. The Middle colonies extracted parts of its neighbors, like farming habits and spiritual sects, but the middle group managed to retain its own flavor.

Early life in the Americas consisted of great diversity as well as some similarities between colonies. During the colonial time period from about the 1600’s through the 1700’s, the thirteen original colonies were founded and divided among three major sections known as the New England colonies, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies. The New England colonies consisted of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. The Middle colonies contained New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The Southern colonies included Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Geography was a primary influence on the colonial way of life. The New England colonies and the Southern colonies vary

The east coast of America used to be split into three different groups of colonies. These colonies were called the Thirteen Colonies, they were split into the Middle Colonies, the Southern Colonies, and the New England Colonies. Two of the colonies, Middle, and Southern have many similarities and differences between them.

Evaluate the extent to which the American colonies had developed a society different from that of the mother country by 1763.

America was a place for dreams and new beginnings, until white people arrived in 1607. Three groups sailed over the treacherous Atlantic from their cruel lives in England to set up peaceful religious colonies. The only problem is that they attempted to settle in their own way and all failed dismally. The New England, Middle and Southern Colonies grew differently over the period 1619-1760.Examining the three sets of colonies will prove that they were all different: socially, economically, politically but not philosophically.

During the late 16th century and into the 17th century, two colonies emerged from England in the New World. The two colonies were called the Chesapeake and New England colonies. Even though the two areas were formed and governed by the English, the colonies had similarities as well as differences. Differences in geography, religion, politics, economic, and nationalities, were responsible for molding the colonies. These differences came from one major factor: the very reason the English settlers came to the New World. 
The Chesapeake colonies were primarily created by companies interested in profiting from the natural resources of the New World such as gold or silver to bring back to England. The New England colonies were primarily created

Colonies, colonies, we all should know that a colony is a region of land that is under the political control of another country. According to the passage, "the colonies began with the founding of Jamestown until the beginning of the Revolutionary War." The author explains, that there is are 13 colonies divided into three groups, Northern, southern and middle. The reason for this is that they all have idiosyncratic backgrounds. The New England (Northern), Southern, and Middle colonies are different, particularly in terms of land, labor, religion, native relations, and etc. The colonies, although they were all British they had some similarities, but mainly they had differences.

When we think of our country now, we think about how it is separated into states, but back then the states were part of colonies. Some of the main colonies were the Chesapeake colonies which consisted of Virginia and Maryland, the middle colonies were Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, and lastly, the New England colonies which were Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. In the colonial regions of New England, Chesapeake and the middle colonies they all share similarities and differences, most predominantly shown in family life, rank and status.

1. There were several main differences among the British colonial regions. The New England colonies being colonized mainly for religion while the Middle colonies found wealth through industry, whereas the Southern colonies sought more trade and wealth opportunities through colonization. Economically, the New England colonies did not have trade as their primary focused, but still were involved in the processes of fishing, lumbering, and trapping, the Middle colonies found their wealth in lumbering and shipbuilding; the Southern colonies sought to grow and trade cash crops for wealth. The Northern colonies composed of [Separatist] Pilgrims, Puritans, and Quakers had more religious reasons for being founded, but not limited to refuge from religious persecution, and a holy society or “city upon a hill.” The Northern colonies were also religiously self-governing; one example being the Mayflower Compact, while the South had regular laws instituted. Demographically, the colonies started with an overwhelming white population over the blacks, but as the tobacco industry grew and slavery became an increasing practice, blacks began to outnumber the white population.

To make money, they sold lumber, like the New England Colonies, and many crops. They were often called the “breadbasket colonies” because of the amount of wheat and bread that they sold. The Middle Colonies’ economy was somewhat in between the Southern and New England Colonies’ because the Middle Colonies had many crops that they sold, but they also cut down lumber and had a few less crops than the Southern Colonies. This obviously helped these colonies later, because according to a map I found, the area where the middle colonies were now has the largest income per state than where the Southern and New England colonies were. The last colonies were the southern colonies, which had fertile land like the middle colonies and lots of lumber like the other two colonies. Combine the fertile soil with the sunny, hot and humid summers that they had there, it was the perfect condition to grow cash

Life in New England, Middle and Southern Colonies was helpful because for Jamestown, the James River was right next to their village and they used it for protection and for trading and shipping. The river was a murky, swampy river that they couldn’t drink from, when they first got to Jamestown there was an extreme drought and they couldn’t grow many crops.

In Europe, population grew quickly and land value, prosperity, and trade increased with it. Also the rise of nationalism made the nation more powerful, unified, and imposed new taxes. Beginning with Christopher Columbus’s discovery of America in 1492, colonists settled in America for different reasons. Some came for profits; others came for religious freedom (and for escaping religious persecution). It was England, France, Spain and the Netherlands who, in the sixteenth century, launched major colonization programs in eastern North America. Each colony more or less differed or resembled in their first interaction with the Natives (such as the more peaceful contact of the French, the more hostile one of the Spaniards, and the peaceful-turned-hostile

After Jamestown, the first colony, thousands of people migrated to the New World to find religious and political freedom. The New World was a huge mystery; people were hungry for adventure. Slowly the New World turned into its own mini-country created by a collection of 13 colonies; although, they were still be governed by the British. These 13 colonies can be categorized into three: Northeast (New England), Middle and Southern colonies. The New England Colonies consisted of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire. The Middle Colonies were New York, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The Southern Colonies were known as Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Although many of the immigrants in those colonies came for similar reasons, they were vastly different from each other.