Delaware DE New Jersey NJ New York NY Pennsylvania PA Some Background Information The climate in the Middle Atlantic was good for crops like wheat and corn They made so much bread from the wheat that this region was nicknamed The Breadbasket Colonies ID: 177943
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The Middle Atlantic Colonies
Delaware (DE)
New Jersey (NJ)
New York (NY)
Pennsylvania (PA)Slide2Slide3
Some Background Information…
The climate in the Middle Atlantic was good for crops like wheat and corn.
They made so much bread from the wheat that this region was nicknamed “The Breadbasket Colonies!”Slide4
The Breadbasket Colonies
Lesson 1Slide5
Not long after the English started colonies, the Dutch (from Holland) began to build settlements.
Henry Hudson claimed parts of New York, New Jersey and Delaware for Holland back in 1609.
In 1626 the Dutch began building a fort on Manhattan Island. The Dutch called this land (city) “New Amsterdam.”
This land is now New York City!
New NetherlandSlide6
New Netherland became the colony of New York.
New Amsterdam became the city of New York City.Slide7
The Dutch allowed settlers from many countries like France, Italy and Spain.
People that were of the Jewish faith started to settle in New Amsterdam.
BUT Jews did not have the same rights Christians had.Slide8Slide9
New Netherland’s capital city was New Amsterdam.
In 1646 the Dutch West India Company appointed Peter Stuyvesant as “director general” of New Netherland.
New Netherland was in trouble because the government was having problems, and the settlers were fighting.
Stuyvesant started to solve these problems, but he would not let the colonists have a voice in the government.
New Netherland Becomes New YorkSlide10
King Charles II of England thought the Dutch were getting too powerful/ crowded so England declared war on the Dutch.
King Charles II told his brother the Duke of York, he could have all the Dutch colonies if he captured them.
England got what they wanted, and Stuyvesant had to give up the colony to the English.
The English took control of
New Netherland and split it into “New Jersey” and “New York.”
Peter StuyvesantSlide11
The Duke of York hired
people to
sell his new land to colonists
who were willing to settle in North America.
A group of people that moved to New Jersey were the Quakers.Edward Byllinge
was a Quaker leader.
Quakers believe violence is always wrong so they refuse to carry guns or fight.
Quakers left England because they refused to fight for the king. They hoped to find
refuge
in New Jersey.
New JerseySlide12
Quaker company agrees with Quaker values.Slide13
King Charles II gave a charter to William Penn
(he was
a Quaker).
The
English king granted the charter because he owed Penn’s father a favor.Pennsylvania means “Penn’s Woods.”
Pennsylvania and DelawareSlide14
Penn
was responsible for the government in his colony.
In 1682 Penn wrote a document called: “The Frame of Government of Pennsylvania.”
A
general
a
ssembly
(a
group of citizens)
made laws.
Citizens had freedom of speech,
religion
and a fair trial by jury.Slide15
Penn also had good relationships with Indian tribes in the area.
William Penn also became the owner of Delaware.
Penn granted them their own general assembly.Slide16
Most people in the Middle Atlantic Colonies made their money by farming.
Farmers depended on market towns as places to trade their surplus produce and livestock (food and animals).
Markets sold other goods too like cloth, shoes, lumber and buttons.
Nearby a mill was where grain was ground into flour.
Market TownsSlide17Slide18
In general the Middle Atlantic Colonies were more welcoming of different religions.
Most towns had more than one
kind
of
church and people became interested in other religions.During the 1730’s and 1740’s a period of time called “The Great Awakening” called for a rebirth of the religious ways of life.