Chapter 3-3 Middle Colonies

3-3 Middle Colonies/New York 1660 England has to cluster of land separated by land owned by the Dutch New Amsterdam bought from the Manhates became a major shipping port in N. America Dutch West India Company offers headrights to anyone who brought 50+ settlers to work land Riverfront estate owners were called patroons and ruled their lands like Kings

3-2 New York 1664 England sends a fleet to take control of New Amsterdam King Charles II passed the colony to his brother Duke of York Proprietary colonies – owners controlled their land and the gov. unlike New England 1691 colonists demand and receive the right to elect their own legislature

3-2 New Jersey Duke of York gives the southern part of his colony to John Berkeley and George Carteret To attract settlers they offered: – Large tracts of land – Freedom of religion – Trial by jury – Representative assembly to make laws With no major port they made little profit 1702 New Jersey had been sold and was passed back to the King

3-2 Pennsylvania 1680 William Penn receives land from King Charles II to repay a debt Establishes Pennsylvania Penn belonged to a Protestant group of dissenters called The Society of Friends or Quakers Quakers believed church and church officials were unnecessary and practiced tolerance

3-2 Pennsylvania/Delaware 1682 Penn builds Philadelphia & becomes the first town planner Penn writes Pennsylvania’s first constitution Penn attracted settlers by advertising with pamphlets 1701 – Charter of Liberties gave colonists a rep. gov The Three Lower Counties in South PA were given the right to form their own legislature and later separated to form the colony of Delaware