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Chapter 3 Colonial America 1587-1770
Section 3 Middle Colonies
If you were given the gift of a large sum of money, how likely would you be to share it with your friends and family?
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Very likely
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Somewhat likely
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Somewhat unlikely
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Very unlikely
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How did the Middle Colonies develop?
Struggle for power in England
• The Puritan’s controlled Parliament • They struggled for power against King Charles I • 1642 a Civil War began • Led by Oliver Cromwell, a Puritan, the Parliamentary forces defeated the king • Many Puritans returned to England to join the struggle • Charles I was beheaded in 1649 on charges of treason • A new government was created with Cromwell as Protector • When Cromwell died, Parliament restored the monarchy, but limited the kings power • Charles II became king in 1660, his reign was known as the Restoration
English Colonies in America
• 1660- England had two clusters of colonies in what is now the United States • In the North were Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island • In the South were Maryland and Virginia • Between the two groups of English colonies were lands the Dutch controlled
Dutch Colonies
• Called New Netherland • Main settlement was New Amsterdam, located on Manhattan Island • Had a good seaport • Became a center of shipping to and from the Americas • Dutch West India Company wanted more settlers • Offered large estates to anyone who could bring 50 settlers to work the land • The landowners who acquired these estates were called
patroons
• Patroons ruled like kings • Had their own courts and laws • Settlers owed the patroon labor and a share of their crops
Colony
England Takes Over
• England wanted to acquire the Dutch • Because of its harbor and trade • 1664- England sent a fleet to attack New Amsterdam • Peter Stuyvesant was the governor • He was unprepared for battle and surrendered the colony to the English • King Charles II gave the colony to his brother, the
Duke of York
, who renamed it… • New York • It was a
proprietary colony
• A colony in which the owner, or proprietor, owned all the land and controlled the government • Different from the New England colonies, where voters elected the governor and an assembly • Not until 1691 did the English government allow citizens of New York elect their legislature
The Population of New York
• New York continued to prosper under English control • Had a diverse population • Dutch, German, Swedish, and Native American • Brazilian Jews, the first Jews to settle in North America • 1664- New York had about 8,000 inhabitants • Including at least 300 enslaved Africans • 1683- Population was about 12,000 people
In which colony did the first Jews settle in America?
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New Jersey
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Virginia
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Maryland
D.
New York
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New Jersey
• Duke of York gave the southern part of his colony to Lord John Berkeley and Sir John Carteret • Named it New Jersey after the island of Jersey in the English Channel (Carteret was born there) • To attract settlers, thy offered large areas of land and freedom of religion • Also trial by jury and representative assembly • The Assembly would make the local laws and set tax rates
The Population of New Jersey
• A place of
ethnic
and religious diversity • Had no natural harbors so it did not develop a major port or city like New York • The proprietors made few profits • Both proprietors eventually sold their shares in the colony • By 1702 New Jersey had returned to the king, becoming a royal colony • Colonists continued to make local laws
William Penn
experiment” into practice • The
Quakers
was equal guide them • Quakers were in wars
Pennsylvania
• King Charles II gave land to to pay off a debt • Named it Pennsylvania and was nearly as large England • Penn saw this as a “holy • A chance to put his Quaker ideals , or Society of Friends believed that everyone • People could follow their “inner light” to salvation • They did not need a clergy to
pacifists
, people who refuse to use force or to fight • They were persecuted in England
Penn in Pennsylvania
• 1682- Penn supervised the building of Philadelphia, the “city of brotherly love” • Penn designed the city and wrote their first constitution • Penn believed the land belonged to the Native Americans and that settlers should pay for it • He negotiated several treaties with local Native Americans
Whom did William Penn believe rightfully owned the land where he planned to build Philadelphia?
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The English
B.
The Dutch
C.
The Native Americans
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The Population of Pennsylvania
• Penn advertised the colony throughout Europe • 1683- There were more than 3,000 English, Welsh, Dutch, and German settlers • 1701, Charter of Liberties allowed colonists to elect representatives to the legislature • Swedes settled southern Pennsylvania • The Charter of Privileges allowed them to form their own legislature • They then
functioned
, or operated, as a separate colony known as Delaware under Pennsylvania’s governor
How did the Middle Colonies develop?
New York
population : Thriving Dutch colony seized by English; major port, proprietary colony; diverse
New Jersey
: piece of New York given to other proprietors; land and freedoms offered to attract settlers; diverse population; lacked major port so less profitable; became a royal colony
Pennsylvania
legislature : established under Quaker ideals; welcomed diverse immigrants; constitution; elected
Delaware
: lower part of Pennsylvania settled by the Swedes; allowed to function as a separate colony
Chapter 3 Section 3 Quiz
Which of the following was originally a Dutch colony?
A. New Jersey
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B. Rhode Island C. Philadelphia D. New York City
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Which of the following was named after an island in the English Channel?
A. Pennsylvania B. Delaware C. New Jersey D. New Amsterdam
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America's first town planner was
A. William Penn.
B. Peter Stuyvesant.
C. Oliver Cromwell.
D. Sir George Carteret.
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Which document granted the Pennsylvania colonists the right to elect representatives to the legislative assembly?
A. Charter of
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B. Penn's Charter C. Charter of Liberties D. Charter of Pennsylvania
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The Charter of Privileges allowed the lower counties of Pennsylvania to operate as a separate colony known as A. Philadelphia.
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B. New Amsterdam.
C. Southern Pennsylvania.
D. Delaware.
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