English Colonies

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English Colonies by Mind Map: English Colonies

1. Middle Colonies

1.1. New York

1.1.1. . The colony was renamed New York after James the Duke of York.

1.1.2. This colony was founded by James.James sent warships and the Dutch surrended immedity.

1.1.3. This colony was founded because there was great tension between Holland and New England.

1.1.4. Many of the colonists came from Portgual, Sweeden, and France.

1.1.5. The colony was good at farming but had more profit in the fur trade.

1.2. New Jersey

1.2.1. Q1 New Jersey was founded by the English King.

1.2.2. Q2 It was founded when New York was spilt off from to form a new colony.

1.2.3. Q3 It was created from a grant from the land.

1.2.4. Q4This grant was towards a individual or family.

1.2.5. Q5 It became a royal colony in 1685.

1.3. Delware

1.3.1. Q1 The English founded Delware.

1.3.2. Q2 Penn gave them area for their own representive assembly

1.3.3. Q3 It was founded beacause delware settlers did not want to send delegates to a distant assembly in Philadelphia.

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1.3.5. Q5 Delware became its own colony in 1704.

1.4. Pennsylavaina

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2. Who founded this colony? How was this colony founded? Why was this colony founded? What types of people were living in and immigrating to this colony? What information is significant about this colony?