Middle Colonies

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British American colonies historical region

The Middle Colonies were a group of British American colonies, including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, known for their diverse populations, religious tolerance, and prosperous farming and trade.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Middle Colonies canonical 20
Mid-Atlantic colonies 1
Middle Atlantic colonies 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British American colonies ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy New England Colonies ⓘ
American South (colonial and early national periods) ⓘ
surface form: Southern Colonies
climate moderate climate ⓘ
colonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
country Colonial America ⓘ
surface form: British America
dissolvedBy American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American Revolution
ethnicGroupsPresent Dutch colonists ⓘ
English colonists ⓘ
German colonists ⓘ
Irish American ⓘ
surface form: Scots-Irish colonists

Swedish colonists ⓘ
geography access to Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
coastal plains ⓘ
river valleys ⓘ
hadMajorPort New York City ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
included Delaware Colony ⓘ
Province of New Jersey ⓘ
Province of New York ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Province of Pennsylvania
knownFor commercial farming ⓘ
ethnic diversity ⓘ
fertile soil ⓘ
grain production ⓘ
mixed economy ⓘ
port cities ⓘ
religious tolerance ⓘ
trade ⓘ
laborSystems free labor ⓘ
indentured servitude ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
locatedIn East Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Eastern North America
majorCrops barley ⓘ
oats ⓘ
rye ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
nickname breadbasket colonies ⓘ
partOf Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
religiousGroupsPresent Church of England ⓘ
surface form: Anglicans

Catholics ⓘ
Dutch Reformed Church members ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form: Lutherans

Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterians

Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
surface form: Quakers
successorEntity United States of America ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Continental Army → location → Middle Colonies ⓘ
Patriot (American Revolution) → basedIn → Middle Colonies ⓘ
Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War → hasLocation → Middle Colonies ⓘ
Colonial America → hasPart → Middle Colonies ⓘ
Monmouth campaign → theater → Middle Colonies ⓘ
Province of New York → historicalRegion → Middle Colonies ⓘ
Province of Delaware → partOf → Middle Colonies ⓘ
Hessian auxiliaries → militaryTheater → Middle Colonies ⓘ
West Jersey → partOf → Middle Colonies ⓘ
Battle of Brandywine → theater → Middle Colonies ⓘ
New York Sons of Liberty → region → Middle Colonies ⓘ
Princeton, New Jersey Colony → region → Middle Colonies ⓘ
Southern Colonies → borderedBy → Middle Colonies ⓘ
New York Colony → partOf → Middle Colonies ⓘ
Battle of Assunpink Creek → region → Middle Colonies ⓘ
New Jersey campaign of 1778 → historicalRegion → Middle Colonies ⓘ
Fort Mercer → region → Middle Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Atlantic colonies
Letters to a Nobleman on the Conduct of the War in the Middle Colonies → mainSubject → Middle Colonies ⓘ
Letters to a Nobleman on the Conduct of the War in the Middle Colonies → focusesOnRegion → Middle Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Colonies of British North America
Battle of White Marsh → campaignTheater → Middle Colonies ⓘ
Battle of Springfield (1780) → region → Middle Colonies ⓘ
Baptist movement in America → earliestCenters → Middle Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle colonies
Battle of Bound Brook → region → Middle Colonies ⓘ
Jonathan Hager → regionOfActivity → Middle Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mid-Atlantic colonies