Middle Colonies / Mid Atlantic Colonies

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Cards (23)

  • New York - Founder
    Dutch West India Company
  • New York - Founder
    Duke of York
  • New York - Year Founded

    1624
  • New York - Reason for Colonization

    Fur Trading
  • New York - Religion

    Various faiths
  • New York - Government
    British appointed GOV. and elected assembly
  • New York - Government (extra fact)

    England took NY from Dutch without fighting
  • Delaware - Founder

    Swedish colonists
  • Delaware - Year Founded 

    1638
  • Delaware - Reason for Colonization
    Trade and Land
  • Delaware - Religion

    Protestant
  • Delaware - Government
    Governed from New York
  • New Jersey - Founder

    John Berkley
  • New Jersey - Year Founded
    1664
  • New Jersey - Reason for Colonization
    Religious and Political reasons
  • New Jersey - Religion

    Various Faiths
  • New Jersey - Government
    Self-Governing
  • Pennsylvania - Founder 

    William Penn
  • Pennsylvania - Year Founded
    1681
  • Pennsylvania - Reason for Colonization
    Religious Freedom for Quakers
  • Pennsylvania - Religion

    Various Faiths - mostly QUAKER
  • Pennsylvania - Government
    Self-Governing
  • Middle Colonies - States
    New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania