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THE MIDDLE COLONIES

**__ The Middle Colonies: Jobs and Occupations __** By Shray

As you can imagine technology was quite different around 350 years ago. Back then the finest machinery was mechanical. This was because advanced technologies that were computerized or required electricity hadn’t been invented as a result, simple jobs held great importance. Farmers were very important in colonial times because they were the producers of all or most food. The middle colonies were a good place to start a farm. The soil was generally fertile and didn’t have many rocks. __Many techniques of how early Americans farmed and ate were influenced by Europeans. For instance, the idea of the doughnut came from the fried Dutch pastry cakes.__ Besides farmers, important people in The Middle Colonies were crafts people, writers and sailors. Sailors fished and brought goods from Europe to the colonies. Crafts people made useful goods, but they got most business from wealthy people. Political offices were not usually available because Great Britain had governed all 13 colonies. America would not have grown if the great people who lived here had not worked! -Shray Khanna “A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.” [|**Benjamin Franklin**]

Elson, Henry. "Delaware." //History of the U.S.A.//. Interesting.com, 2010. Web. 23 Nov 2010. The Salem Witch Trial was one of the most horrifying events to the citizens of the colonies. The Salem Witch Trial was very bizarre. It all was said to start with an indentured servant that came from the Caribbean. The servants master had 3 daughters. Every day, the daughters would go see the servant. The foreign servant, used to teach the girls magic and voodoo. After a few months, everything was normal until the parents started noticing strange things happening. The girls started acting very strange. They were acting as if something else had taken over their body. This today is known as being possessed. The parents were pleading them to confess to them who had done this to them. The girls screamed out the servant’s name. The colonists didn’t know what to do and how to handle these types of situations. This is the first case of the Salem Witch Trial. The Girls continued to scream out other names of people in the village. They were all put on trial, throw in jail, or hanged. Some theories are that the girls were just making up the story for publicity. There is no evidence saying that it was true or false. The girls continued to call out rich and poor people in the town. The prosecuted were proven guilty witch or not. We look back on this event almost 260 years later. Only the ones who lived at the time could tell the tale. All is lost. At the moment.
 * __ The Salem Witch Trial __** by Anthony

__Work Cited __

"First Hanging of Salem Witch Trials." //History Channel//. History Channel, 1 june 2008. Web. 23 Nov 2010. []. Personal knowledge

__ Middle colonies social class by Sean __ Everyone in the middle colonies was a part of the social class. The social classes were divided into three places, the gentry’ high class, middle class, and lower class. Gentry meant rich and successful. People in the high class were the best educated than anyone else. Houses in the high class were mostly made out of bricks. People in the middle class lived in houses that were used for work and play. The houses in the middle class were unlike the high class because they were made out of wood and mud. Most houses in the middle colonies have seven children, aunts, uncles, and other family members living inside. People in the middle colonies also showed their class with what they wore. Clothing was usually made out of cloth or linen. People in the high class wore imported clothing. Women would make the clothing which others would were and the material would be dyed with berries, roots, and so on to add color. Clothing from other nations in Europe was distributed to America.

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**__People in the Middle Colonies __** by Jon   People from all over Europe came to live in the Middle Colonies. The journey was what stood between many people and a new life. The Middle Colonies were: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Some of the most historic events have happened in the Middle Colonies that have contributed something significant to today’s society. Their diet mostly consisted of cattle, fish, pig and wheat. Other things they did were killed animals for their furs, mine for iron, and knock down trees to use for cabins and such. The winters were short and the soil fertile made the middle colonies a great place to grow goods. The diverse population mostly consisted of people that were French, Swedish, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, African, Scots-Irish, Dutch, German and English. All of these different nationalities have a huge impact on today’s society. **//How is American culture influenced by other cultures from all over the world? //**

America today would not be what it is without our history, the people who live/lived here all contributed something significant to today. The traditions have carried on to create what we are today, the United States of America.  __Works Cited __  Garcia, Jesus. "A Diverse Region." //Creating America//. Ed Ro. Roger Beck. Dallas: MsDougal Littell, 2003.