middle colonies… the breadbasket colonies new york 1624 new jersey 1664 pennsylvania 1681 delaware...
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Middle Colonies…
The Breadbasket Colonies
New York 1624New Jersey 1664
Pennsylvania 1681Delaware 1681 (1776)
What attracted people:
Religious freedom Farming A better life Representative government Equality
New Amsterdam – New York
Colony of New Netherland founded by Dutch in 1624
Peter Stuyvesant - governor Taken over by English Duke of
York in 1664 Renamed New York Proprietary colony
Peter Stuyvesant
Pennsylvania
William Penn – QuakerQuakers persecuted in
EnglandBelieved all people should
live together in peace and harmony
Pennsylvania
Penn given grant in 1681Became one of the
wealthiest colonies Delaware became
separate colony laterCalled “Penn’s woods”
Philadelphia - “city of brotherly love”
Quaker Ideas
No tax $ for wars Did not need church
Inner spark All men created =
All religions and ethnic groups welcomed
Treated Native Americans fairly
Against slavery