Middle Colonies

Middle ColoniesIncludes:

New York (NY)New Jersey (NJ)Pennsylvania (PA)Delaware (DE)1New York

Originally part of New Netherlands founded by the DutchGenerous land grants to patroons, or lords, and religious tolerance soon brought Jews, French Huguenots (protestants), Puritans, and others to the colonyDirector General Peter Stuyvesant led the colony beginning in 1647

Peter Stuyvesant 2In 1664 an English fleet captured the undefended colony without firing a single shot.

New Netherland was renamed New York.

Soon after the Duke of York (* who was later named King James II) made Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley proprietors of New Jersey.

The fur trade was very important to the economy of New York.3New York used to be known as:

New Amsterdam New England New Jamestown New Netherlands

4The Duke of York later becomes what?

A peasant A King A Lord A Teacher

5New Jersey

1664 Duke of York made Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley proprietors of New Jersey

The colony had a diverse population including Dutch, Swedes, Finns, and Scots.

The fur trade was very important to the economy

Sir George Carteret

Lord John Berkeley

6The colony of New Jersey depended on what for their economy?

Cotton Tobacco Indigo Furs

7Pennsylvania

William Penn, a Quaker, was appointed as a trustee for Edward Byllynge, one of the two Quaker proprietors of West Jersey in 1675. Quakers did not follow formal religious practices and dressed plainly. They believed in the equality of men and women before God. They also supported nonviolence and religious tolerance for all people. At the time, many Quaker beliefs and practices shocked most Christians. As a result, Quakers were persecuted in both England and America.

- ownersQuakers8Shortly afterward he received a grant of the Three Lower Counties-on-the-Delaware (present Delaware) from the duke of York (later James II). Delaware remained part of Pennsylvania until 1776.

In 1681, Penn and 11 others purchased East Jersey (New Jersey ). Also in 1681, in payment of a debt owed his father, Penn obtained from King Charles II a charter for Pennsylvania (named by the king for Penn's father) for the establishment of his "holy experiment," a colony where religious and political freedom could flourish. Penn limited his own powerPromised religious freedomEstablished an elected assembly

9William Penn was a

MormonChristianCatholicQuaker

10Which of the following did Penn not do?

Penn limited his own powerPromised religious freedomFreed all slavesEstablished an elected assembly

11Hodge PodgeEconomy based on trade and staple crops.

Slaves worked in cities as skilled laborers such as blacksmiths and carpenters.

Indentured Servants played a big role in filling the middle colonies labor roles.

Between 1700-1775 about 135,000 indentured servants came to the middle colonies.

About of them moved to Pennsylvania.

By 1760 Philadelphia had become the largest British colonial city its name means the city of brotherly love.Crops that are always needed. ex: wheat, barley and oats.12Staple Crops are

Crops with staples in them Crops that can be sold Crops that are always needed

13Slaves could not be skilled laborers.

True orFalse

14Any Questions?

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