1. The Other Colonies
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2. Three Types of Colonies
Charter
license from the King
manage and govern themselves
Mass. Bay, Virginia
Proprietary
owned by one person
Pennsylvania, Maryland
Royal
controlled by the Crown
ruled by Royal governor
10 of 13 at time of the Revolution (NC)

3. Maryland One of the Chesapeake Colonies (with Va.)
Founded in 1634 by George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) as a haven for Catholics
Toleration Act (1649)- first law to guarantee religious freedom

4. New York Settled in 1623 by the Dutch for trade with the Indians
Explored and Verrazano & Henry Hudson
called New Holland

5. A Trading Center Albany was the main trading center
Main settlement at New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island
Bought by Peter Minuit for $25
Very harsh treatment of Indians

6. The Ruling Class
Dutch gave giant land grants in the Hudson Valley to anyone who paid for 50 colonists to migrate
Called Patroons
Became NY upper class
Dominated economy & politics of NY for 300 years

7. British Take Over Captured by the British in 1664
Led by the Duke of York
Future James II
Became the colony of New York & New York City

8. Pennsylvania (Penn’s Woods)
Founded by William Penn as a haven for Quakers (Society of Friends) in 1681
Pacifists who were guided by an ”inner light” to follow their conscience
Received a land grant from Charles II to repay a debt
Recruited settlers with pamphlets
Germans
English
Scots-Irish
Free land & voting rights
land

9. Pennsylvania Main settlement at Philadelphia Very prosperous
Became largest & most important city in the colonies
Very prosperous
Best farming in the Americas
Penn. & Maryland called the “Bread Colonies”
“the best poor man’s land in the world”

10. The Carolina’s Founded in 1663 by the 8 Lord Proprietors
Charter from Charles II
Main settlement in Charlestown
Free land for settlers
Constitution written by John Locke
Right to vote to all men

11. South Carolina Settled by English from Barbados
Prosperous growing and trading rice, indigo, & naval stores with the West Indies (sugar islands)
One of wealthiest colonies
Plantation economy
large slave population formed most of the colony
Separated from NC in 1729
Naval Stores- pine products

12. Georgia Founded in 1732 by James Oglethorpe
Haven for debtors
A buffer to protect S.C. from Spanish in Florida
Planned on a colony of small farmers (55 acres) but developed a plantation economy