1. Middle & Southern Colonies
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2. New York – 1664
King Charles II gives New Amsterdam to his brother, Duke of York
Sends a fleet to take it from the Dutch
Divides colony & gives New Jersey to political allies
Religious & political freedom
Ethnic diversity – selling land for cheap
Originally settled by the Dutch, purchased from the Natives for $24
Ethnic & religious diversity
Jews, Catholics, Quakers, Muslims
Swedes, French, Portuguese, German
Fur Trade w/ Natives

4. Pennsylvania – 1682 William Penn Proprietary colony
Religious haven for Quakers (Society of Friends) & other persecuted religious groups
“Holy Experiment”

5. Pennsylvania – 1682 Religious freedom Diverse (Germans & Scots-Irish)
Women have equal rights
Peaceful trade w/ Natives; paid for their land
Philadelphia becomes the city of brotherly love. Welcoming of all types of people.

6. Southern Colonies Carolina - 1663 Georgia - 1733
North & South develop differently
North – poor farmers from VA; small tobacco farms; less reliance on slaves
South – wealthy planation owners; hierarchical society; heavy reliance on slave labor; rice & indigo
Charleston becomes a major port city
James Oglethorpe
Buffer b/t colonies & Spanish FL
Debtor’s colony
Tolerant of all Christians except Catholics
Large plantations & slavery eventually

7. Chesapeake Colonies Included Virginia & Maryland Maryland – 1634
Proprietorship given to George Calvert (Lord Baltimore)
Haven for Roman Catholics
Cultivate tobacco
Act of Toleration – freedom of religion for Christians (Protects Catholics)

8. New England Colonies
Economy – trading, lumber, small- scale farming & shipbuilding
Social – focus on education & religion
Political – Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of CT, town halls

9. Middle Colonies
Economy – “breadbasket” – production of wheat, rye, & barley
Trade
Social – the most diverse
“Melting Pot”
Religious freedom
Political – Frame of Government

10. Southern Colonies Economy – cash crops (tobacco, rice, indigo)
Large plantations & small farms
Reliance on slaves
Social – Class pyramids (Bacon’s Rebellion)
Aristocrats  Small farmers  landless whites  slaves
Political – House of Burgesses