 The Middle Colonies were generally run by Royal or Proprietary Governors and elected Colonial <unk> . Many Middle Colony <unk> guaranteed freedom of religion and forbade taxation without representation . Royal governors were arrested or overthrown on more than one occasion , most notably when New Jersey arrested its governor and during Leisler 's Rebellion in New York . Growing unrest in the Middle Colonies eventually led the region to become the meeting place for the Continental Congress , and a center for revolution . However , there were numerous pockets of <unk> and <unk> . 
