1. The Middle Colonies

2. Henry Hudson – looking for Northwest Passage; found Hudson River
New Netherland:
1621- est. by Dutch West India Co.
Center was New Amsterdam
Governor - Peter Minuit
Paid Native Americans $24 (60 Dutch guilders)in beads, knives, and other goods
Grew slowly; land given to those who brought 50 settlers to colony

3. Patroons – landowners who had own laws
New Sweden:
Located in Delaware River Valley at present day Wilmington
Small population
taken over by Peter Stuyvesant (governor of New Netherland)
Swedes built log cabins with notched logs

4. New Sweden Route

5. 1642 – King Charles I beheaded for treason; next 11 years, Puritans ran England
1660 – King Charles II took over; sent James, Duke of York (younger brother) to seize New Netherland (renamed New York in honor of Duke of York)
New York Colony:
James became proprietor/owner of NY
Let Dutch keep land, religion, and customs
Colonists had no say in government

6. New Jersey Colony:
Land given to Sir George Carteret by Duke of York
Didn’t become royal colony until 1702

7. Pennsylvania Colony:
Land given to Penn by Charles II in payment of debt to Penn’s father
Means Penn’s woods
Religious freedom (Quakers)
Treated Native Americans fairly
Prosperous farms
German farmers known as PA Dutch
Quakers – all men equal; won’t take oaths; women can speak in public; oppose war, taxes, slavery

8. William Penn

9. Delaware Colony:
Composed of counties along Delaware River
Gave access to shipping goods from PA
Later became a separate colony

10. Middle Colonies Quiz Who found the Northwest Passage?
What was a patroon?
Who captured New Netherlands?
What religion were the Pennsylvania settlers?
What was the purpose of the Delaware Colony?