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3.3 The Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies OBJECTIVE: Learn about the founding of New Netherland (New York), Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Georgia Understand the reasons for these colonies’ success.
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1.The Dutch colonies were known as New _________. 2.The founder of Rhode Island was ___________________. 3.Pennsylvania was founded by _______. 4.Anne _________ was expelled by the Puritans for being a religious dissenter. The modern city of New _______ was originally known as New Amsterdam. 5.Pennsylvania was founded by _______.
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1.The modern city of New York was originally known as New __________. 2.After the English takeover of the Dutch colonies, the Duke of York became the new p___________. 3.The Quakers believed that an “_______ light” burned in every one. 4.The official name of the Quakers is the _____________________. 5.The founder of Rhode Island was ___________________.
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New Netherlands Established by the Dutch –1609-1621 –Fur trading posts –New Netherlands West India Company New Amsterdam –Founded in 1625, capital –of the colony Diverse colony –Religious toleration –Friendly relations with Natives English takeover –By force, but with no resistance –Duke of York becomes the new proprietor, or owner, of the colony http://www.colonialvoyage.com/namstmap.jpg
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The Quakers Pennsylvania –Obtained by William Penn Paid off a debt –“Penn’s Woods” Quakers –God’s “inner light” –Informal Anyone could preach –Pacifists Didn’t serve in the military
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William Penn Was the proprietor, or owner, of the colony Saw his colony as a “Holy Experiment ” –Everyone received 50 acres –Assembly style government Good relations with Native Americans –Saw them as people –Paid for the land –No major conflict 50 years Never made $ from the colony His principles and idea
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Maryland Founded in 1634 by Lord Baltimore, the proprietor Haven for Catholics in Protestant England Jesuits part of first colony in St. Mary’s City, said first mass in English Colonies Act of Toleration – 1649 – Religious Freedom Mixed success for Catholics, becomes Protestant majority and later Royal Colony “Brown Gold”
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Maryland Toleration Act of 1649; September 21, 1649 That whatsoever person or persons within this Province and the Islands thereunto helonging shall from henceforth blaspheme God, that is Curse him, or deny our Saviour Jesus Christ to bee the sonne of God, or shall deny the holy Trinity the father sonne and holy Ghost, or the Godhead of any of the said Three persons of the Trinity or the Unity of the Godhead, or shall use or utter any reproachfull Speeches, words or language concerning the said Holy Trinity, or any of the said three persons thereof, shalbe punished with death and confiscation or forfeiture of all his or her lands and goods to the Lord Proprietary and his heires. http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/amerdoc/maryland_tole ration.htm
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Baltimore in 1752, from a sketch by John Moale, Esq. Baltimore was founded in 1629 and served as a shipping center for Maryland tobacco growers. By 1752, when this view was drawn, it had begun to show signs of developing into a prosperous port city. After the American Revolution, Baltimore expanded and by the 1790s boasted a population of over twenty thousand. (Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore) Baltimore in 1752, from a sketch by John Moale, Esq. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Compare and Contrast Proprietary and Royal Colonies
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SOUTHERN COLONIES In Southern Colonies, development of Plantations leads to slavery “Brown Gold” – tobacco is king in VA and MD Independence of Virginia House of Burgesses ends when James I makes it a royal colony Life Expectancy in New England is 70 yrs., double the Chesapeake’s Scarcity of Women – Few Settlers and high mortality rates
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Tobacco plantation While a planter smokes a pipe and confers with his overseer, slaves on this Chesapeake plantation perform all of the tasks related to planting, cultivating, harvesting, sorting, packaging, and delivering the profitable tobacco. Slaves also fashioned the tools for coopering and made barrels for transporting hogsheads of "the weed." Ships in the background navigate right up to the edge of the plantation lands. (Library of Congress) Tobacco plantation Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Georgia Founded by James Oglethorpe, 1733 Melting pot of ethnicities Buffer state with Spanish FL Philanthropist, founded the colony to help debtors
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A Festival, painted by a German visitor to Georgia A German visitor to Georgia painted this watercolor of a Yuchi ceremony, which he titled A Festival. The guns hanging inside the shelter were probably acquired from English traders in South Carolina. (Royal Library Copenhagen) A Festival, painted by a German visitor to Georgia Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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COMPARE/CONTRAST NORTHERNMIDDLESOUTHERN
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COMPARE/CONTRAST NORTHERNMIDDLESOUTHERN Puritan Religious Freedom Farm & Industry Small Farms Protestant Ethic Slow, but Growing Conflict w/Indians Healthy Climate Exceptions- RI Quaker Rel. Toleration Farm & Industry Farms Democratic/Tolerant Good Rel.w/Indian Chesapeake Malarial Exceptions - MD Catholic/Misc. Royal Colonies Cash Crops Plantations Slavery Buffer States/ Punitive Wars Malarial Climate Exceptions- NC
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