1. Chapter 3 Lesson 3 The Middle Colonies

2. Vocabulary
Patroon: landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land
Pacifist: people opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land
Ethnic: of or relating to national, tribal, racial, religious, language, or cultural background

3. New York and New Jersey By 1660s there were two groups of colonies
New England (in North)
Virginia (in South)
Area in between called “New Netherland”
Main settlement was “New Amsterdam” on Manhattan Island
Major transportation link/ Port area good for shipping
Dutch West India Company controlled New Netherland

4. Settling New Netherland
Wanted to increase population of area
Offered large grants of land to anyone who could bring at least 50 settlers to work the land
Called patroons
Received these land grants
Ruled like kings
Had their own courts and laws

5. New Netherland becomes New York
New Netherland was a Dutch Colony
England wanted it.
Claimed it should be theirs since John Cabot explored the area in the late 1400s.
In 1664 England attacked the colony and it was surrendered without a fight.
England’s King Charles gave the colony to his brother, the Duke of York, who renamed it New York.

6. New York
New York
Diverse population: Dutch, German, Swedish, and Native American
Some of the Jewish faith (first Jews to settle N.A.)
By 1664
New York had 8000 residents including 300 enslaved Africans
One of the fastest growing colonies

7. New Jersey Duke of York divided his colony
Gave southern portion to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret
The two named the colony (after the island of Jersey in England where Carteret was born)
Attracted settlers with offers of large tracts of land and also promised freedom of religion, trial by jury and a representative government

8. New Jersey Diverse population like New York
NJ becomes a royal colony of England by 1702
Colonists continue to make local laws

9. Pennsylvania and Delaware
Founded by the Quakers
A Protestant group that had been persecuted in England
1680- William Penn
Wealthy English Quaker
Received the land in payment for a debt King Charles owed Penn’s father
Called the “holy experiment”
A chance to put his Quaker ideals into practice

10. Quaker Beliefs “The society of friends” Everyone is equal
People should follow their own inner light
Pacifists- against fighting
Philadelphia – means “Brotherly Love”
Penn wrote PA constitution
Paid Native Americans for the land

11. Pennsylvania Diverse: English, Welsh, Irish, Dutch and German settlers
Charter of Privileges- grant right for settlers to vote for representatives to the legislature

12. Closure:
What policies of Pennsylvania were reflected by the beliefs of the Quakers?