Middle Colonies
Delaware, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
Delaware
- Founded by Peter Minuit in 1638
- Trade
- Proprietary
- Population-Between 1990 and 2000, Delaware's population grew from 666,168 to 783,600, an increase of 17.6%. The population is projected to reach 927,400 by 2015 and 990,694 by 2025
- Dutch
- Lenni Lenape
- Has no Religion
New York
- Credit given to Duke of York in 1664
- Mixed Farming
- Proprietary then Royal
- Population- 350 in 1630
- Dutch
- Has no Religion
- English conquered the area and renamed it New York
New Jersey
- Founded by Sir George Carteret in 1664
- Mixed Farming
- Proprietary
- Population 5 years and over- 7,856,268
- Dutch
- Lenape later on called Delaware Indians
- Has no Religion
Pennsylvania
- Founded by King Charles II in 1682
- owed $80,000 to Admiral Sir William Penn. In 1681, as payment for the debt, the king granted what is today Pennsylvania to the admiral�s son, also named William Penn. Penn named the territory New Wales. A Welsh member of England�s Privy Council objected, so Penn called it Sylvania (woods). The king changed the name to Pennsylvania, in honor of the admiral.
- Mixed Farming
- Propriety
- Population- By 1685, the population of Pennsylvania had reached 9,000
- Dutch
- Erie, Honniasont, Huron, Iroquois (especially Seneca and Oneida), Leni Lenape, Munsee, Shawnee, Susquehannock, and unknown others
- Has no Religion