1. Today,
1) Begin, continue, or finish Chapter 3 reading log.
2) Then, review Ch.3.1 & 3.2 for Quiz on Friday, 9/23
3) Discuss Ch.3.3 – The Middle Colonies

2. “The number-one reason people don’t get results is that they don’t have the attention span to stick with something.”
– Brett Bartholomew

3. The
Middle
Colonies

4. New Hampshire
New York
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia

5. What economic activities were important in the Middle Colonies?
Examine the map on p. 71
What geographic features helped make Philadelphia and New York centers of trade?
What economic activities were important in the Middle Colonies?

6. New York

7. Settling the Middle Colonies

8. Henry Hudson’s Voyages

9. New Netherlands
New Netherlands  founded in the Hudson River area ( )
Established by Dutch West India Company for profitable fur trade.
Manhattan [New Amsterdam]
Purchased by Company for pennies per (22,000) acre.

10. New Amsterdam, 1660 New Amsterdam:
Patroon system - estates granted to a person who would settle 50 people on them.
A diverse population with many different languages.

11. New Netherlands & New Sweden

12. Swedes in New Netherlands
1655  Dutch under governor Peter Stuyvesant attack New Sweden.
New Sweden absorbed into New Netherland.

13. New Netherlands Becomes a British Royal Colony
King Charles II granted New Netherland’s land to his brother, the Duke of York, [before he controlled the area!]
1664  English soldiers arrived.
Dutch had little ammunition and poor defenses.
Stuyvesant forced to surrender without firing a shot.
Renamed “New York”
England gained strategic harbor between her northern & southern colonies.
England now controlled the Atlantic coast!

14. Duke of York’s Original Charter

15. New Amsterdam, 1664

16. Dutch influence in New York
Early 20c Dutch Revival Building in NYC.
New York City seal.
Names  Harlem, Brooklyn
Architecture  gambrel roof
Customs  Easter eggs, Santa Claus, waffles, bowling, sleighing, skating, kolf [golf].

17. Exit question: Name one factor that helped the Middle Colonies’ population grow:

18. Summarize the population of New York:
Settled by Dutch, overtaken by the English . Germans, Swedes also settled there - A diverse population & culture.

19. Pennsylvania

20. The Quakers
Called Quakers because they “quaked” during intense religious practices.
They offended religious & political leaders in England.
Refused to pay taxes to support the Church of England.
Believed all were equal before God – no special priviledges.
Pacifists – against war, violence

21. William Penn Named Pennsylvania [“Penn’s Woodland”].
1681  he received a grant from king to establish a colony.
Named Pennsylvania [“Penn’s Woodland”].

22. Royal Land Grant to Penn

23. Penn & Native Americans
Bought [didn’t simply take] land from Indians.
Quakers went among the Indians unarmed.

24. Penn’s Treaty with the Native Americans

25. Pennsylvanian Society
A society that gave its citizens economic opportunity, civil liberty, & religious freedom!!
Attracted many different people
Religious misfits from other colonies.
Many different ethnic groups.
No military defense.
No restrictions on immigration.
No slavery!!

26. Urban Population Growth 1650 - 1775

27. Summarize religious freedom of Pennsylvania:
Religious differences were tolerated

28. Summarize Pennsylvania’s relations with Native Americans:
Relatively friendly, because of the influence of Quaker beliefs.

29. New Jersey

30. New Jersey — PA’s Neighbor
1664  proprietors (Sir George Carterat & Lord John Berkeley received the area from the Duke of York.
Promised religious freedom, large grants of land, and a representative assembly.
Made few profits because no natural harbor.

31. How did New Jersey attract settlers (its charter)?
Proprietors – Sir George Carterat & Lord John Berkeley
Promised religious freedom, large grants of land, and a representative assembly.

32. Delaware

33. Delaware — PA’s Neighbor
Named after Lord De La Warr [harsh military governor of VA in 1610].
1704  Penn granted 3 lower counties its own assembly.
Later broke away to form the colony of Delaware.

35. Today,
Target: Explain the founding & development of the Middle Colonies
Library work – Colony project
Chapter 3 Reading Log due: Thursday

36. shipping to/from America.1.
New Amsterdam combined a
good seaport with access to the
Hudson River that gave access
to rich farm lands, forests, & furs
New Amsterdam
becomes a center of
shipping to/from America. 2.
Dutch West Indies
Company sets up the
patroon system.
The New Netherlands elite become wealthy & ruled like kings
The Dutch were very tolerant & welcomed many groups to settle in New Netherlands. 3.
New Netherland is one of the most tolerant & diverse colonies. 4.
The Duke of York drives
the Dutch out of
New Netherland; becomes
New York
The English see the Dutch
as a threat & want to gain control of New Netherlands

37. King Charles II of England owes money to William Penn’s family. 5.
King Charles II of England
owes money to William
Penn’s family.
King Charles II gives
William Penn’s father land in
America.
Penn founds Pennsylvania
to provide a place where
Quakers & others can freely practice their religion.
William Penn becomes a
Quaker & had been persecuted in England. 6. 7.
William Penn was an active proprietor of Pennsylvania.
Penn supervises building of
Philadelphia; writes its
Constitution granting the
right to elect representatives

38. Quakers value hard work, wise spending, & tolerance.8.
Pennsylvania becomes
one of the wealthiest
colonies.
Pennsylvania has many
resources and grain cash
crops; becomes the “bread basket” for the colonies

39. 9. MARK IT UP! Circle the year on the chart in which the populations of New England and the Southern colonies were the same.
Examine the bar graph showing the estimated population growth of the British Colonies between 1650 and 1750.
1650
10. MARK IT UP! Draw a rectangle around the population figure for the Southern Colonies in 1700.
100,000
11. MARK IT UP! Between which years did the population of the Middle colonies double? Between which years did it triple?

40. Examine the bar graph showing the estimated population growth of the British Colonies between 1650 and 1750.
9. MARK IT UP! Circle the year on the chart in which the populations of New England and the Southern colonies were the same.
1650
10. MARK IT UP! Draw a rectangle around the population figure for the Southern Colonies in 1700.
100,000
11. MARK IT UP! Between which years did the population of the Middle colonies double? Between which years did it triple?