Founding
Funny enough that Philadelphia was created along this river, as the state that it shares a name with is nowhere near it!
What is the Delaware?
Delaware had quite a few of these, the straight waterways of which famous examples include the Mississippi.
What are rivers?
These colonies had many busy these, connecting them to the Atlantic world.
What are docks?
People in New Jersey generally would live in these wood structures that they built themselves.
What are homes?
New York City was developed near the mouth of this river, named after an explorer.
What is the Hudson?
All four states had this kind of climate, meaning average in amount, size, or quality.
What is moderate?
The overall commerce here was largely based on these two things, including bartering and crops.
What are agriculture and trade?
People settled in these colonies from many places, including here, the home of the old Vikings.
What is Scandanavia?
Pennsylvania, founded 1682, is named after this man, the founder who sought religious freedom for all.
Who is William Penn?
New Jersey experienced this amount of rainfall, meaning enough, and in this case, it was enough for farming.
What is sufficient?
New York and New Jersey both were generally successful in the raising of these, such as cows.
What are livestock?
New York was this type of colony, where officials were selected by a king.
What is a royal colony?
Delaware and New Jersey, interestingly enough with their close proximity, were both founded in this year.
What is 1664?
Delaware, New Jersey, and New York all had this, making farming life much easier, as opposed to Pennsylvania, which did not.
What is fertile soil?
All four colonies had small businesses in textiles and this, a kind of metal.
This is a type of religion that could be found in the Middle Colonies.
What is Lutheran?
William Penn was part of this society, also called Quakers.
What is the Religious Society of Friends?
As three of these four colonies were on what we now know as the East Coast, it is safe to assume that they had good these, places for ships to unload.
What are harbors?
Generally, the Middle Colonies a were considered to be part of this, with plentiful wheat.
What is the breadbasket?
People in these colonies had much more of this, listed in the First Amendment.
What is religious freedom?