Middle Colonies
Delaware
- Found in 1776
- Made money by mixed and subsicitants farming
- No religious groups
- Population 20,000 in 1600's
- Lenape tribes based out of Anadarko, Oklahoma
- Conflicts between the white and Indians caused the French and Indian War
New York
- Founded by the Dutch for trade and fur and became and English Colony in 1664
- Made money by the Fur trade
- Religious group: They had no established religion
- The government structure was Proprietary then Royal
- Population - 1780's 21,054
- Native Tribes: Erie , Iroquois, Mahican and other tribes
- The American Indian War was the conflict between white and Native Americans
New Jersey
- Founded in 1664 for farming and trade
- Made money by mixed farming
- Religious group: No established religion
- The government structure was Proprietary
- Population- 1780's 139,627
- Lenape, Ramapough Mountain and other tribes
- French and Indian War caused by conflict between the Natives and Whites
Pennsylvania
- Founded by William Penn and some other Quakers for religious freedom (in 1681)
- Made money by making wheat, and mixed farming
- Religious group: No established religion
- The government structure is Proprietary
- Population 1780's 327,305
- Lenape, Seneca and Susquehannock tribe
- The conflict between white and Indian cause the American Indian War