1. Unit 3: The English Colonies Lesson 3: Middle Colonies

2. The Middle Colonies Big Idea Main Ideas LESSON 3
People from many nations settled in the middle colonies.
Main Ideas
The English created New York and New Jersey from former Dutch territory.
William Penn established the colony of Pennsylvania.
The economy of the middle colonies was supported by trade and staple crops.
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3. England Seizes the Dutch Colonies
1497- John Cabot claims all land b/t Newfoundland and Florida for England
Considered Dutch colony of New Netherland to be intruders on English soil
Mad about Dutch reselling Virginia tobacco
1664- King Charles II gave brother James (Duke of York) a grant w/ New Netherland in it!
Sent warships to make sure wouldn’t be a problem
New Netherland’s Governor Peter Stuyvesant
Colorful, peg-legged, military hero that ruled for 17 years
Land diverse, people too
To fix colony’s $ problems, he raises taxes

4. New York and New Jersey New Jersey English took control in 1664.
Lesson 3
Main Idea 1
The English created New York and New Jersey from former Dutch territory.
New Jersey
English took control in 1664.
The colony occupied land between the Hudson and Delaware rivers.
It had a diverse population, including Dutch, Swedes, Finns, and Scots.
New York
Dutch founded New Netherland in as fur trading post.
Rename it after James after the Duke of York
New Amsterdam was center of fur trade.
Peter Stuyvesant led the colony from
English captured colony in 1664 and renamed it New York.
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5. Penn’s Colony William Penn established the colony of Pennsylvania.
Holy Cow! I’m William Penn the Quaker Oats Guy!?!
Main Idea 2
William Penn established the colony of Pennsylvania.
1681- Charles II gives large land grant to William Penn (Jr.)
Owes father, Admiral William Penn, $81,000
Wealthy, high social status
Quakers stressed…
Religious tolerance, Simplicity, Kindness to others, Opposed any use of force
Wanted religious, social, and political freedom
All this makes English believe Quakers radicals!
Quakers often imprisoned, tortured, or hung

6. What’s in a Name?
Penn (Jr.) granted colony b/c Charles II owes his father $81,000
Admiral William Penn
Dies in 1670
Debt cancelled with land grant
Wants to name it Penn’s Land (for Dad)
Kings council declines because he is a Quaker
Names it Sylvania (woods)
King Charles II renames Pennsylvania
Meaning “Penn’s Woods” in honor of his friend
Founded By… ?

7. Pennsylvania Penn pays natives for land & treats as equals
Sets up capital as Philadelphia personally
Attracts settlers w/ stories of great soil and climate
Promises-Religious freedom and a voice in government
Prospers from beginning
Produces large crops of wheat and other food crops
1682- gets more land and expands west to Delaware Bay
Defeat of Dutch by Duke of York
Penn’s Quaker beliefs not good according to Dutch settlers already in the area
Begin petitioning for autonomy
Granted in 1704
Delaware Colony
Mr. Zoller’s Podcast: 13 Colonies- The Middle Colonies (11:22)