chapter 3 section 3 middle colonies. change is coming 1649, charles i is beheaded 1660, charles ii,...
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England and the Colonies
• Between the colony of Virginia and the New England colonies were lands the Dutch controlled.
New Amsterdam
That’s a bargain!• Located on Manhattan
Island (present day New York City)
• Along the Hudson River• Purchased from the
Manhates people for beads and other goods.
• Excellent sea port• Soon became the center of
shipping to and from America
Peter Stuyvesant
• Governor of the colony• Mean• People didn’t like him• When the English came
to fight and take over the colony no one helped him
I Surrender!
• No contest• King Charles II gives the
colony to his brother, the Duke of York
• The colony is renamed New York
• The owner of the colony, the proprietor, makes all the decisions, owns all the lands, and controlled the government
PROMISES, PROMISES!
• Duke of York promised the Dutch colonists freedom of religion and allowed them to keep their property
• As a result, most Dutch colonists decided to remain in New York
• Germans, Swedes, Native Americans, and Puritans all lived in New York
• Included about 300 enslaved Africans• New Amsterdam (New York) became one of the
fastest growing locations in the colony.
Government of New York
• 1683• Colonists demanded a
representative government like that of other colonies.
• Duke of York resisted the idea, but people of New York would not give up.
• 1691• English government
allowed New York to elect a legislature.
New Jersey
• Southern part of New York
• Given to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret
• Named after the island of Jersey, in England, where Carteret was born
New Jersey
• To attract settlers the men promised:– large tracts of land– Freedom of religion– Trial by jury– Representative assembly
• Assembly would make local laws and set taxes
Sir George Carteret
Lord John Berkeley
Pennsylvania
• Penn’s father had once given the king a lot of money
• Penn asked for land in America to pay the debt
• Was to be almost as big as England
Quakers
• Dissenters• Pacifists• Each person could
experience religious truth directly– Meant that church
services and officials were not necessary
– No one was better than anyone else
Philly
• Philadelphia• City of Brotherly Love• Penn designed the city
himself, making him the first town planner in
America
Native American Policies
• Penn believed the land belonged to the Native Americans
• He believed they should be paid for their land
Government in Pennsylvania
• Penn advertised the land throughout Europe
• 1683, more than 3,000 English, Welsh, Irish, Dutch, and German settlers were living in Pennsylvania
• 1701 Charter of Liberties
• Penn granted colonists the right to elect representatives to the legislative assembly
Delaware
• Southernmost part of Pennsylvania were called the Three Lower Counties
• 1703 Charter of Privileges
• Allowed them to form their own legislature
• Then, they became their own colony - Delaware
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