Middle Colonies Ch. 3 Sect. 3 pp. 72-75

New Amsterdam to New York Peter Stuyvesant fixed up the New Amsterdam colony so that it was a thriving sea port Controlled by the Dutch West India Co. Wealthy settlers called patroons owned large estates in the Hudson River Valley

Peter Stuyvesant Famous governor of New Amsterdam

England Takes Over--1664 England wanted to fill in the gap between New England colonies and the southern colonies King Charles II gave the colony to his brother, the Duke of York, who renamed it New York This proprietary colony had a diverse population--revolved around shipping and trading By 1683 pop. is 12,000

Pennsylvania--1681 William Penn, a wealthy English Quaker, received a land grant from Charles II Land nearly as large as England Colony was Penn’s “holy experiment” a chance to put Quaker ideals into practice Quakers are pacifists

Philadelphia, Penn. Called “city of brotherly love” Penn planned and supervised building of city and wrote the first constitution Penn made treaties with Native Americans and believed they should be paid for their land Pennsylvania had a diverse pop. English , Welsh, Irish, Dutch and German

Quaker Dress

Puritan Couple

Topics for Quiz 3-3 All vocab ex. Pacifists, Quakers, patroons New Amsterdam How NY became English NYC harbor 4 Middle Colonies