1. New York Henry Hudson -- Englishmen sailing for Dutch
-- Excellent place for trading with Native Americans
--New Amsterdam: trading post brings economic opportunity (eventually becomes NYC)
-- English and Dutch rivals: English gains possession of the colony
Allowed to buy land and religious freedom for–
Catholics, French Protestants, and Jews

2. -- NY starts as a Dutch colony and turns into an English one
New York and New Jersey
The shared history: founded for religious freedom and economic opportunity
-- NY starts as a Dutch colony and turns into an English one
New York
New Jersey
-- Controlled by King Charles II of England  gives control to brother The Duke of York, James II
-- Too large for James II to control
-- James II gives land to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret
-- 2 separate colonies with 2 separate charters

3. Pennsylvania William Penn
-- Quaker: branch of Christianity which valued spiritual communication with God; believed in equality
-- not popular in England
-- Penn: proposes to King Charles II an idea to get rid of unpopular Quakers and take them to where religion can be practiced freely

4. Penn’s beliefs -- very different than other colonies
-- believed all people should be treated with respect; including Native Americans
--- Not all encounters with Native Americans and colonists were peaceful

5. Delaware Why is it founded? Began as a part of NY
Penn’s document attracts colonists from all over Europe; including Sweden (founders of Delaware)
Considered part of the Lower Counties of PA
Penn allowed them to elect their own assembly and obtain their own charter