1. Chapter 3 Section 3
Middle Colonies

2. Change is Coming 1649, Charles I is beheaded
1660, Charles II, son of Charles I, becomes king

3. England and the Colonies
Between the colony of Virginia and the New England colonies were lands the Dutch controlled.

4. New Netherland

5. New Amsterdam That’s a bargain!
Located on Manhattan Island (present day New York City)
Along the Hudson River
Purchased from the Manhates people for beads and other goods.
Excellent sea port
Soon became the center of shipping to and from America

6. Peter Stuyvesant Governor of the colony Mean People didn’t like him
When the English came to fight and take over the colony no one helped him

7. I Surrender!
No contest
King Charles II gives the colony to his brother, the Duke of York
The colony is renamed New York
The owner of the colony, the proprietor, makes all the decisions, owns all the lands, and controlled the government

8. PROMISES, PROMISES!
Duke of York promised the Dutch colonists freedom of religion and allowed them to keep their property
As a result, most Dutch colonists decided to remain in New York
Germans, Swedes, Native Americans, and Puritans all lived in New York
Included about 300 enslaved Africans
New Amsterdam (New York) became one of the fastest growing locations in the colony.

9. Government of New York
1683
Colonists demanded a representative government like that of other colonies.
Duke of York resisted the idea, but people of New York would not give up.
1691
English government allowed New York to elect a legislature.

10. New Jersey Southern part of New York
Given to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret
Named after the island of Jersey, in England, where Carteret was born

11. New Jersey To attract settlers the men promised: large tracts of land
Sir George Carteret
To attract settlers the men promised:
large tracts of land
Freedom of religion
Trial by jury
Representative assembly
Assembly would make local laws and set taxes
Lord John Berkeley

12. William Penn

13. Pennsylvania Penn’s father had once given the king a lot of money
Penn asked for land in America to pay the debt
Was to be almost as big as England

14. Quakers Dissenters Pacifists
Each person could experience religious truth directly
Meant that church services and officials were not necessary
No one was better than anyone else

15. Philly Philadelphia City of Brotherly Love
Penn designed the city himself, making him the first town planner in America

16. Native American Policies
Penn believed the land belonged to the Native Americans
He believed they should be paid for their land

17. Government in Pennsylvania
Penn advertised the land throughout Europe
1683, more than 3,000 English, Welsh, Irish, Dutch, and German settlers were living in Pennsylvania
1701 Charter of Liberties
Penn granted colonists the right to elect representatives to the legislative assembly

18. Delaware
Southernmost part of Pennsylvania were called the Three Lower Counties
1703 Charter of Privileges
Allowed them to form their own legislature
Then, they became their own colony - Delaware

19. Bread Basket These colonies are often called the “Bread Basket”
This is because their main crops are grains which are used to make bread.