1. 3.3 The Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies
OBJECTIVE:
Learn about the founding of New Netherland (New York), Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Georgia
Understand the reasons for these colonies’ success.

2. The Dutch colonies were known as New _________.
The founder of Rhode Island was ___________________.
Pennsylvania was founded by _______.
Anne _________ was expelled by the Puritans for being a religious dissenter. The modern city of New _______ was originally known as New Amsterdam.

3. The modern city of New York was originally known as New __________.
After the English takeover of the Dutch colonies, the Duke of York became the new p___________.
The Quakers believed that an “_______ light” burned in every one.
The official name of the Quakers is the _____________________.
The founder of Rhode Island was ___________________.

5. New Netherland

6. New Netherlands Established by the Dutch New Amsterdam Diverse colony
Fur trading posts
New Netherlands
West India Company
New Amsterdam
Founded in 1625, capital
of the colony
Diverse colony
Religious toleration
Friendly relations with Natives
English takeover
By force, but with no resistance
Duke of York becomes the new proprietor, or owner, of the colony

7. The Quakers Pennsylvania Quakers Obtained by William Penn
Paid off a debt
“Penn’s Woods”
Quakers
God’s “inner light”
Informal
Anyone could preach
Pacifists
Didn’t serve in the military

8. William Penn Was the proprietor, or owner, of the colony
Saw his colony as a “Holy Experiment”
Everyone received 50 acres
Assembly style government
Good relations with Native Americans
Saw them as people
Paid for the land
No major conflict
50 years
Never made $ from the colony
His principles and idea

9. An East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia, 1756
The converging streams flowing into the Delaware River in the map constitute the Dock. The engraving at the top illustrates Philadelphia's dynamism as a port city at the time of the Seven Years War. (Library of Congress)
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11. Maryland Founded in 1634 by Lord Baltimore, the proprietor
Haven for Catholics in Protestant England
Jesuits part of first colony in St. Mary’s City, said first mass in English Colonies
Act of Toleration – 1649 – Religious Freedom
Mixed success for Catholics, becomes Protestant majority and later Royal Colony
“Brown Gold”

12. Maryland Toleration Act of 1649; September 21, 1649
That whatsoever person or persons within this Province and the Islands thereunto helonging shall from henceforth blaspheme God, that is Curse him, or deny our Saviour Jesus Christ to bee the sonne of God, or shall deny the holy Trinity the father sonne and holy Ghost, or the Godhead of any of the said Three persons of the Trinity or the Unity of the Godhead, or shall use or utter any reproachfull Speeches, words or language concerning the said Holy Trinity, or any of the said three persons thereof, shalbe punished with death and confiscation or forfeiture of all his or her lands and goods to the Lord Proprietary and his heires.

13. Baltimore in 1752, from a sketch by John Moale, Esq.
Baltimore was founded in 1629 and served as a shipping center for Maryland tobacco growers. By 1752, when this view was drawn, it had begun to show signs of developing into a prosperous port city. After the American Revolution, Baltimore expanded and by the 1790s boasted a population of over twenty thousand. (Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore)
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14. Compare and Contrast Proprietary and Royal Colonies

16. SOUTHERN COLONIES
In Southern Colonies, development of Plantations leads to slavery
“Brown Gold” – tobacco is king in VA and MD
Independence of Virginia House of Burgesses ends when James I makes it a royal colony
Life Expectancy in New England is 70 yrs., double the Chesapeake’s
Scarcity of Women – Few Settlers and high mortality rates

17. Tobacco plantation
Tobacco plantation
While a planter smokes a pipe and confers with his overseer, slaves on this Chesapeake plantation perform all of the tasks related to planting, cultivating, harvesting, sorting, packaging, and delivering the profitable tobacco. Slaves also fashioned the tools for coopering and made barrels for transporting hogsheads of "the weed." Ships in the background navigate right up to the edge of the plantation lands. (Library of Congress)
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18. Tobacco trade card, Philadelphia, 1770
This trade card (advertisement) issued by a Philadelphia tobacco dealer in 1770 shows a convivial group of wealthy men at a tavern. The leisurely activity depicted here and the advertisement itself were signs of the new rituals of consumption. Merchants began to advertise only when their customers could choose among different ways of spending money. (Library Company of Philadelphia)
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19. Georgia Founded by James Oglethorpe, 1733 Melting pot of ethnicities
Buffer state with Spanish FL
Philanthropist, founded the colony to help debtors

21. A Festival, painted by a German visitor to Georgia
A German visitor to Georgia painted this watercolor of a Yuchi ceremony, which he titled A Festival. The guns hanging inside the shelter were probably acquired from English traders in South Carolina. (Royal Library Copenhagen)
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