1. The Middle Colonies

2. The Middle Colonies
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware

3. Middle Colonies: Big Ideas
The English created New York and New Jersey from former Dutch territory.
William Penn established the colony of Pennsylvania.
Delaware became the first colony to ratify the Constitution
The economy of the middle colonies was supported by trade and cash crops.

4. Dutch founded New Netherland in 1613.
The English created New York and New Jersey from former Dutch territory.
Dutch founded New Netherland in 1613.
New Amsterdam was a center of fur trade.
Peter Stuyvesant led the colony from
English captured colony in and renamed it New York.

5. New Amsterdam in 1644

7. Duke of York
King Charles the II gave the colony to his brother the Duke of York.
New York was a proprietary colony: the owner owned all the land and ran the government.

8. Leisler’s Rebellion

9. New Jersey English took control in 1664.
The colony occupied land between the Hudson and Delaware rivers.
It had a diverse ethnic population, including Dutch, Swedes, Finns, and Scots.
Religiously diverse- Congregationalists and Presbyterians

10. Delaware Fast Facts Founded in 1638 by Peter Minuit
Governed as a proprietary colony
Founded for trade and profit Corn, wheat, livestock, iron, lumber, fur, shipbuilding
Company’s first governor (de la Warr)
Allowed religious freedom for Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, and Jews
First to ratify the Constitution in 1787

11. Pennsylvania William Penn established the colony of Pennsylvania.
Society of Friends, or Quakers, was one of largest religious groups in New Jersey.
Quakers, who were pacifists and supported religious tolerance, were persecuted.

12. William Penn
Penn limited his power, established an elected assembly, and promised religious freedom to all Christians.

13. Penn’s “Holy Experiment”
1. Fair treatment of Native Americans 2. No military 3. New approach to governance 4. Freedom of Religion 5. Enlightened penal code 6. Work for everyone 7. Education for everyone 8. Widened franchise 9. Town planning for healthy living