The Middle Colonies

1. New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland…and
the rest

3. New Netherland
 Established by the Dutch as a business
 Fur trade
 New Amsterdam capital
 Open to all European settlers
 Friendlier relations with Natives

5. New Netherland Becomes New
York
 “Dutch wedge”
 Captured by English frigates without a fight
 Renamed New York by the Duke of York in 1644
 Portion given away to friends named New Jersey

6. Pennsylvania
 Established by William
Penn as a refuge for
Quakers.
 Who are the Quakers and
why are they so
unpopular?

7. Pennsylvania: The “holy
experiment”
 All adult males: 50 acres of land and right to vote
 Representative assembly
 Freedom of religion

8. Pennsylvania: The “holy
experiment”
 Separate assembly for counties along the Delaware Bay
 Better relations with Natives
 Benefit greatly by influx of German immigrants

9. Maryland
 1632: Charles I grants charter
to George Calvert, first Lord
Baltimore
 Cecil, 2nd Lord Baltimore,
names colony after the Queen
 Catholic colony with a
reputation for religious freedom
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsxrJ0f91aU

11. And the rest…
 North & South Carolina: 1663
Charles II grants charter as
buffer between Spanish
territory
 Georgia: 1732 , created by
James Ogelthorpe as a
haven for those in debt