3a. What was the goal of the patroon system? to attract settlers 3b. What three Middle Colonies offered Religious freedom? Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York 3c. What were three crops grown in the Southern Colonies? rice, indigo, tobacco
What attracted Catholics, Quakers, and Jews to these colonies? What economic activities were important in the Middle Colonies?
New York
Settling the Middle Colonies
Henry Hudson ’ s Voyages
New Netherlands New Netherlands founded in the Hudson River area ( ) Established by Dutch West India Company for quick-profit fur trade. Manhattan [New Amsterdam] Purchased by Company for pennies per (22,000) acre.
New Amsterdam, 1660 Characteristics of New Amsterdam: Patroon system - estates granted to a person who would settle 50 people on them. A diverse population with many different languages.
New Netherlands & New Sweden
Swedes in New Netherlands 1655 Dutch under governor Peter Stuyvesant attack New Sweden. New Sweden absorbed into New Netherland.
New Netherlands Becomes a British Royal Colony King Charles II granted New Netherland’s land to his brother, the Duke of York, [before he controlled the area!] 1664 English soldiers arrived. Dutch had little ammunition and poor defenses. Stuyvesant forced to surrender without firing a shot. Renamed “New York” England gained strategic harbor between her northern & southern colonies. England now controlled the Atlantic coast!
Duke of York ’ s Original Charter
New Amsterdam, 1664
Dutch influence in New York Early 20 c Dutch Revival Building in NYC. New York City seal. Names Harlem, Brooklyn Architecture gambrel roof Customs Easter eggs, Santa Claus, waffles, bowling, sleighing, skating, kolf [golf].
Summarize the population of New York: Settled by Dutch, overtaken by the English. Germans, Swedes also settled there - A diverse population & culture.
Pennsylvania
The Quakers Called Quakers because they “quaked” during intense religious practices. They offended religious & political leaders in England. Refused to pay taxes to support the Church of England. Believed all were equal before God – no special priveledges. Pacifists – against war, violence
1681 he received a grant from king to establish a colony. Named Pennsylvania [“Penn’s Woodland”]. William Penn
Royal Land Grant to Penn
Penn & Native Americans Bought [didn’t simply take] land from Indians. Quakers went among the Indians unarmed.
Penn ’ s Treaty with the Native Americans
Pennsylvanian Society Attracted many different people Religious misfits from other colonies. Many different ethnic groups. No military defense. No restrictions on immigration. No slavery!! A society that gave its citizens economic opportunity, civil liberty, & religious freedom!!
Urban Population Growth
Summarize religious freedom of Pennsylvania: Religious differences were tolerated
Summarize Pennsylvania’s relations with Native Americans: Relatively friendly, because of the influence of Quaker beliefs.
New Jersey
New Jersey — PA ’ s Neighbor 1664 proprietors (Sir George Carterat & Lord John Berleley received the area from the Duke of York. Promised religious freedom, large grants of land, and a representative assembly.
How did New Jersey attract settlers (its charter)? Proprietors – Sir George Carterat & Lord John Berkeley Promised religious freedom, large grants of land, and a representative assembly.
Delaware
Delaware — PA ’ s Neighbor Named after Lord De La Warr [harsh military governor of VA in 1610] Penn granted 3 lower counties its own assembly. Later broke away to form the colony of Delaware.
1. Ch.3.3 – The Southern Colonies Tobacco uses up soil Nutrients in 3 or 4 years Bring in more slaves & indentured servants The Proprietors in the Carolinas need more settlers. Colonists overthrow the Proprietors, & the Carolinas became royal colonies Clear new land & plant a new crop Plantation owners face a labor shortage for their tobacco & rice crops. Religious tolerance, free land, & representative govt. Proprietors in the Carolinas do not protect the colonists very well.
5. James Oglethorpe founds Georgia for debtors & the poor Spanish attack the English colonies from Florida Colonists in Georgia envy the wealth in the Carolina. Poor settlers move West to the frontier. Debtors & poor people in England need a fresh start. Bring a large free population to Georgia to own & defend the land. Slavery is legalized in Georgia. Poor settlers lose their land to wealthy Landowners.
Ch.3.3 – The Southern Colonies In your notebooks, list the 5 Southern Colonies:
Southern Colonies What present day states made up the Southern colonies?
Ch. 3.3 The Southern Colonies Today’s target: 1)Describe the settlement of the southern colonies
Read “Lord Baltimore Founds Maryland” p. 77 What kind of society was planned for Maryland? Examine the chart on p. 78 – why might there be conflict between Protestants & Catholics? (notice where the authority and decisions making power lies in most of the Protestants religions?)
MarylandMaryland
Toleration Act of 1649 Guaranteed freedom to all CHRISTIANS. A Colony for Catholics And... A Colony for Catholics And... What kind of society was planned for Maryland?
A charter was granted to George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, in A proprietary colony created in 1634 for Catholics A better location than Jamestown – why? Tobacco would be the main crop. In the late 1600s, black slaves began to be imported. The Settlement of Maryland
Colonization of Maryland
St Mary’s City (1634)
Currency in Early Maryland
MD Toleration Act, 1649
The Carolinas Charles II rewarded 8 supporters from the English Civil War a grant of land named “ Carolina ”
Settling the “ Lower South ” Settlers from Virginia Settlers from West Indies
From The West Indies to Mainland America 1670 a group of small English farmers from the West Indies (Barbados) arrived in Carolina & French Protestants Native American land was taken & they were sold into slavery. By 1710 black slaves were a majority in Carolina.
Port of Charles Town, SC Also named for King Charles II of England. Became the busiest port in the South. Religious toleration attracted diverse inhabitants.
The primary export. Rice - was still an exotic food in England. Was grown in Africa, so planters imported West African slaves. These slaves had a genetic trait that made them immune to malaria. Crops of the Carolinas: Rice American Long Grain Rice
Crops of the Carolinas: Indigo main use for indigo was as a dye for spun cotton threads Today in the US, the main use for indigo is a dye for cotton work clothes & blue jeans.
Rice & Indigo Exports from SC & GA:
The Emergence of North Carolina Northern part of Carolina shared a border with VA Dissenters from VA moved south to northern Carolina NC officially separated from SC.
Georgia
18c Southern Colonies
Late-Coming Georgia Founded in Last of the 13 colonies. Named in honor of King George II. Founded by James Oglethorpe.
Georgia--The “ Buffer ” Colony Chief Purpose of Creating Georgia: Became a royal colony to serve as a “buffer” between the Carolinas & Spanish Florida & French Louisiana. Export silk and wine. A place for debtors thrown into prison.
The Port City of Savannah Diverse community. All Christians except Catholics enjoyed religious toleration. Missionaries worked among debtors and Indians.