THE MIDDLE COLONIES DAILY FOCUS: FEB What is the name of the winter storm we experienced last week? 2.What is an indentured servant? 3.What was Bacons Rebellion? 4.Why is America sometimes called a Melting Pot? TODAY 1.Go over economic, social, and political aspects of life in the Middle Colonies. 2.Learn about Triangle Trade. 3. Listen to a first person account and look at images from the Middle Passage. THE MIDDLE COLONIES New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Focused on TRADE. DIVERSE. SOCIAL LIFE: DIVERSITY Colonies were settled by the Dutch, Swedes, English, and even Germans and Scots-Irish settlers. Served as the middle ground between North and South, especially because of trade. This is where we get our Melting Pot tradition. SOCIAL ROLES There were social roles like the South, though not as rigid. Merchants propelled the economy due to their role in trade. Farmers helped produce a lot of the food for all colonies (breadbasket). Craftsmen, Artisans, and Skilled Laborers did special jobs like carpentry, blacksmithing, glass blowing, tailoring, shipbuilding, lumbering, etc. SOCIAL LIFE: RELIGION Very religiously diverse area. Quakers, Mennonites, Presbyterians, Calvinists, etc. made dominance of 1 faith difficult. William Penn and the Quakers in Pennsylvania were important to spread of religious freedom. ECONOMY Farmers, fishermen, tailors, glass blowers, brickmakers, etc. Food export was important ( WHEAT and livestock). Cities began to grow because of trade. Middle colonies cities served as the main ports and trade centers for the Triangular Trade Route. Triangle Trade was the three-way exchange of good between Great Britain, Africa, and the Colonies. What does this look like? YOUR TURN! Diagram the Triangular Trade route on your map and label what goods were exchanged. Page 39 in American Vision has a GREAT diagram. Use colored pencils and BE PRECISE. You might see this map again... Answer the following questions on the index card: 1. What commodities were shipped from the colonies to West Africa? 2. What types of goods did the American colonies export? LETS CHECK. Answer the following questions on the index card: 1. What commodities were shipped from the colonies to West Africa? 2. What types of goods did the American colonies export? THE MIDDLE PASSAGE The Middle Passage was the part of Triangular Trade which brought enslaved Africans to the English colonies. Dehumanizing conditions Brookes Slave Ship: depiction of the tight conditions on board a slaver (ship that transported slaves). FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT Accounts like this are rare, but historians have a few. This is from a slave named Equiano.Equiano. Follow along. According to Equiano, what was the Middle Passage like? INSIDE THE SLAVE SHIP: CRAMPED, DIRTY. THE HOLD OF THE BLOOD-STAINED GLORIA SLAVE DECK OF WILDFIRE No personal space for anywhere from 4 weeks to a year. SICK MEN THROWN OVERBOARD No chance of survival. SHACKLES: UNCOMFORTABLY BOUND TO OTHER HUMANS. FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT Write your own account of the Middle Passage. Talk about conditions on the ship, your journey thus far, and your emotions. Take your time on this. Your narrative should be at least 130 words. It will be due on Friday, 2/21.