Delaware
Delaware was established in 1638, founded by Peter Minuts, and the New Sweden Company. They found it because they wanted to trade and get profits. Delaware was named after Lord De la Warr (Thomas West), who was the Virginia Company’s first governor. The Dutch were the first Englishmen to come here. But before they came, the land was dominated by Native American group called the Lenape (north side) and Nanticoke (south side). Delaware is about 2491 square miles, low elevation, and average temperature. In the south boundary, it has over 30,000 area of swamps. Hot and humid in the summer, cold with snow in the winter. It was the first European settlement in the Delaware Valley on Christina River. The fertile land of Delaware made agriculture acceptable. Farms there produced cattle, grain, rice, and indigo. The forests there also thrived the colonies to shipping lumber, and lumbering. The average farm was 50-150 acres with a house, yard, barn, fields, and etc. They also have industry like shipbuilding, ironworks, trading, fishing, and shipping lumber. They have freedom of religion. Iron ore, farmland, coal, fur and timber are also important resources. This colony is also known as the “Breadbasket colony” because of how much wheat they produce, the flour they shipped to England, and the bread they make. The most popular religious groups were Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jews and others. By 1775, Delaware was governed as a Proprietary Colony. Delaware also was connected to the Delaware Bay, and historians have founded that the first log cabins originated in Fort Christina (now present-day Wilmington, Delaware).
Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania colony was founded in 1681 by William Penn. The land was given to Penn by the British Crown to pay off the debt that they owned Penn’s dad. William believed that the Quakers should flee away from England, so then he received a charter in 1681 from King Charles II. Penn created the colony to have a safe haven for Quakers. The colony was founded for the purpose of the free practices’ religion of the Quakers; so logically, William granted everyone freedom of religion. Major cities included Philadelphia, Lancaster, and York. Pennsylvania is a proprietary colony. This colony also has mountains (the Appalachian Mountains run through this part), coastal plains, and plateau areas. Pennsylvania's economy was diverse. The soils were fertile, so the products of the farms were: wheat, corn, cattle, and dairy. You will also never go hungry if you're a farmer. Many different crops can be grown here because of its rich farmland like: corn, squash, oats, rye, beans, barley, peas, turnips, etc. Hunters are also very popular here. You can hunt for rabbits, squirrels, wild turkeys, bears, and other animals. And there's also plenty of water land for fishing! And if your style isn't any of those, you can go mine for iron ore, make it into horseshoes, nails, etc. Or you can just simply become a wealthy merchant by trading food and other resources. And if you're afraid of your children having no talent, you can just send them to our craftsmen (for the sons to be apprentices) or they can just work in the field at home. Their manufacturing industry was textiles, paper making, and shipbuilding. The climate was hot in the summer with mild winters.
Important documents from Pennsylvania was the Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania-1681.
New Jersey
The New Jersey Colony was founded in 1664 by Lord Berkley and and Sir George Calvert. The land of New Jersey was given to them by the Duke of York when he thought New York was too big, so he splitted the land in half and gave them the other half. It was a proprietary colony with fertile farmland that attracted many people. Later on in 1702, New Jersey became a royal colony. This colony was popular and attracted many people because of its many advertisement, the religious freedom, and representative government. The economy in New Jersey centered around agriculture like livestock and there was iron working and lumbering. They also exported goods like rice, wheat, indigo, grain, cattle, and etc. Fruit trees were also grown a lot here: apple, pears, cherry, peach, etc. In the northeast, New Jersey has mountains. Also the proprietors (Berkeley and Sir George Calvert) offered large amounts of land (for a price of course) which was ideal for growing cash crops.
New York
New York colony was found in 1626 by Peter Minuit and other colonists on Manhattan Islands. New York was named and in honor of the Duke of York. New York had freedom of religion. It was first a proprietary colony, then later on it became a royal colony. Their industry consists of shipbuilding, iron, cattle, grain, rice, wheat, and indigo. The land was so fertile, that the British fought the Dutch for this land. The Dutch were the first settlers here, but then the English took over. Settlers could also grow corn, berries, strawberries, blueberries, tobacco, and other crops there. New York had racing hot summer, and bitterly cold winter with snow. Near the coast it was swampy, but up north, there were forests and rocky soil that was good for farming. New York has mountains, plains, and rolling hills. The Hudson River runs through New York and consists of Native Americans like the Lenape, Wappinger, Munsee, and many other groups that lived there. The ports of New York was for traveling around (tourism) and transporting/trading goods.