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Great Awakening...
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a religious movement that began in the Middle Colonies and spread throughout the 13 colonies and Europe; changed religious ideas and practices, helped bring peace together, led greater religious toleration, added to the diversity of religious beliefs, and increases the free exercise of religion
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The leaders of the Great Awakening...
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ministers George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards
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The Middle Colonies were home to a mix of religious groups...
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Presbyterians, Quakers, or Jewish
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Philadelphia were home to many...
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famous artists and scientists, including Benjamin Franklin
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The Breadbasket Colonies. The Middle Colonies were called the "breadbasket colonies" because...
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their fertile land and mild climate were suited to growing grain. Large harbors and deep rivers added to the regions appeal.
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The Middle Colonies were...
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New York, New Jersey, Delawere, and Pennsylvania.
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In 1647, the Dutch colony of New Netherlands needed a strong leader and new settlers. The Dutch West India Company sent...
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Peter Stuyvestant to govern the colony.
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In 1664, King Charles II of England encouraged his brother the Duke of York to seize New Netherlands. The colonists...
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refused to follow Stuyvestant into battle, and he surrendered thee colony to the Duke of York.
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After the Duke of York controlled New Netherlands from the Dutch...
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the colonies of NJ and NY were formed.
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In 1681 King Charles II gave William Penn a charter to start a colony that became Pennsylvania. Penn created a government that gave colonists...
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important rights and freedoms.
1. In 1682 Penn wrote the Frame of Government which gave Pennsylvania a self-government. 2. This plan of government set up a legistature called General Assembly. 3. It also gave citizens freedom of speech, religion, and the right to fair trial by jury. |
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William Penn a Quaker believed...
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that all people were equal.
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William Penn built a long lasting peace with...
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Tamanend, a Lenope leader. Penn paid Tamanend for the land King Charles had given him.
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The fertile land of the Middle Colonies provided...
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the basis for an economy built on farming and raising livestock.
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Farmers in the Middle Colonies traveled to the market towns to...
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sell or trade their livestock and crops. Every market town had a gristmill, which grounded grain into flour.
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The economy of the Middle Colonies depended on...
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the port cities, especially New York and Philadelphia. Products moved through these ports to and from all parts of the colonies and to England.
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New York City was a good location for a port because...
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it was built at the mouth of the Hudson River, on New York Harbor.
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Philadephia was the busiest port because...
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it was built at the mouth of the Delaware River.
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There were many cost benefits for the immigrants who came to the Middle Colonies...
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1. Cost were:
a. leaving their homes and families and friends b. settling in an unknown place c. learning new laws d. adapting to a new culture 2. Benefits were: a. finding more religious freedom b. finding more political freedom c. escaping from war back in Europe d. finding economic opportunity e. getting a chance to buy their own land |
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Many people in the Middle Colonies learned skilled jobs by...
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becoming an apprentice, living and working with an artisan to learn a skill.
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