Four states make up the Middle Colonies New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Warmer climate than New England with longer growing season New York Began as Dutch colony of New Amsterdam Economic success ID: 654060
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The Middle ColoniesSlide2
Geography
Four states make up the Middle Colonies
New YorkPennsylvaniaNew JerseyDelawareWarmer climate than New England with longer growing seasonSlide3
New York
Began as Dutch colony of New Amsterdam
Economic success!Famers were prosperousBase of fur trade between Dutch and Native AmericansTraded with British coloniesSmall Dutch population
Colonists were from France, Sweden, Portugal
English Puritans on Long IslandSlide4
New York
Tension between England and Netherlands
Trade rivalsArrangement of colonies1664 King Charles II of England granted all Dutch lands in North America to his brother JamesJames had to conquer the territoryJames sent warships and Dutch immediately surrendered
Colony renamed New York after James, the Duke of York
New Amsterdam the capital was now known as New York CitySlide5
New Jersey
Established in 1665
Part of NY split off to start new colonyAt first was a proprietary colonyIn 1702 received a charter as a royal colony
Proprietary Colony:
a colony created by a grant of land from monarch to an individual or family
Royal Colony:
a colony controlled directly by the English kingSlide6
Pennsylvania
Quaker leader
William Penn wanted to find a place for Quakers to live where they would be safe from persecutionKnew King Charles II personally, used connection to get a charterArrived to his colony in 1682Capital is named Philadelphia “City of Brotherly Love”Slide7
Pennsylvania
Printed pamphlets and distributed around Europe
Considered his colony to be his “holy experiment”Goal was to create colony in which people from different religious backgrounds could live peacefullyWrote freedom of religion into the Frame of GovernmentDealt fairly with Native Americans
People couldn’t settle on land until it was sold from Native AmericansSlide8
Delaware
Penn’s charter for Pennsylvania included Delaware
Delaware didn’t want to send delegates to a distant assembly in PhiladelphiaPenn gave the area its own representative assembly1704 became a separate colonySlide9
Growth of Middle Colonies
Fertile soil and hard work made farms productive
Cash crop was wheatSold to New England and abroadManufacturers produced iron, flour, and paperArtisans worked as shoemakers, carpenters, masons, and weavers