The Other Colonies 13 Stories
Three Types of Colonies Charter license from the King manage and govern themselves Mass. Bay, Virginia Proprietary owned by one person Pennsylvania, Maryland Royal controlled by the Crown ruled by Royal governor 10 of 13 at time of the Revolution (NC)
Maryland One of the Chesapeake Colonies (with Va.) Founded in 1634 by George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) as a haven for Catholics Toleration Act (1649)- first law to guarantee religious freedom
New York Settled in 1623 by the Dutch for trade with the Indians Explored and Verrazano & Henry Hudson called New Holland
A Trading Center Albany was the main trading center Main settlement at New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island Bought by Peter Minuit for $25 Very harsh treatment of Indians
The Ruling Class Dutch gave giant land grants in the Hudson Valley to anyone who paid for 50 colonists to migrate Called Patroons Became NY upper class Dominated economy & politics of NY for 300 years
British Take Over Captured by the British in 1664 Led by the Duke of York Future James II Became the colony of New York & New York City
Pennsylvania (Penn’s Woods) Founded by William Penn as a haven for Quakers (Society of Friends) in 1681 Pacifists who were guided by an ”inner light” to follow their conscience Received a land grant from Charles II to repay a debt Recruited settlers with pamphlets Germans English Scots-Irish Free land & voting rights land
Pennsylvania Main settlement at Philadelphia Very prosperous Became largest & most important city in the colonies Very prosperous Best farming in the Americas Penn. & Maryland called the “Bread Colonies” “the best poor man’s land in the world”
The Carolina’s Founded in 1663 by the 8 Lord Proprietors Charter from Charles II Main settlement in Charlestown Free land for settlers Constitution written by John Locke Right to vote to all men
South Carolina Settled by English from Barbados Prosperous growing and trading rice, indigo, & naval stores with the West Indies (sugar islands) One of wealthiest colonies Plantation economy large slave population formed most of the colony Separated from NC in 1729 Naval Stores- pine products
Georgia Founded in 1732 by James Oglethorpe Haven for debtors A buffer to protect S.C. from Spanish in Florida Planned on a colony of small farmers (55 acres) but developed a plantation economy