Pennsylvania was founded to provide a refuge for people of the Quaker religion. At one time New Jersey was part of Pennsylvania.
The main reason the middle colonies were founded was for religious freedom.
No
Quakers
New England,middle,and Southern
All of the New England Colonies including New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Conneticut, and Rhode Island
The main reason the middle colonies were founded was for religious freedom.
No
1925
the Netherlands
Because Ben Franklin had a war
why were the middle colonies founded
Quakers
The Middle colonies, like Delaware, New York, and New Jersey, were founded as trade centers, while Pennsylvania was founded as a safe haven for Quakers. The Middle colonies were also called the “Breadbasket colonies” because of their fertile soil, ideal for farming.
Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn
because they were the northern colonies and were the most complicated to be founded
John Berkley, George Cratered, and William Penn.
The main reason the middle colonies were founded was for religious freedom. The pilgrims and the puritans did not want to follow the Church of England.