2.4 The Middle Colonies

OBJECTIVE:

Learn about the founding of New Netherland and Pennsylvania

Understand the reasons for these colonies success.

HW: 3.1

1. The Dutch colonies were known as New _________.

2. The official name of the Quakers is the _____________________.

3. The founder of Rhode Island was ___________________.

4. Pennsylvania was founded by _______.

5. Anne _________ was expelled by the Puritans for being a religious dissenter.

1. The modern city of New _______ was originally known as New Amsterdam.

2. After the English takeover of the Dutch colonies, the Duke of York became the new p___________.

3. The _______ believed that an “inner light” burned in every one.

4. Pennsylvania was founded by _______.

5. Anne _________ was expelled by the Puritans for being a religious dissenter.

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 ___________________.

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

• No resistance

http://www.colonialvoyage.com/namstmap.jpg

The Quakers • Pennsylvania

– Obtained by William Penn• Paid off a debt

– “Penn’s Woods”

• Quakers – God’s “inner light”

– Informal • Anyone could preach

– Pacifist • Didn’t serve in the military

William Penn• 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

Compare and Contrast Quaker Colonies and Dutch Colonies

Dutch Quaker

Maryland

• Founded in 1634 by Lord Baltimore

• Haven for Catholics in Prot. 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”

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_toleration.htm

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.

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COMPARE/CONTRASTNORTHERN MIDDLE

What were the characteristics of the Northern Colonies?

What were the characteristics of characteristics of the Middle Colonies?

COMPARE/CONTRASTNORTHERN MIDDLE

Puritan

Religious Freedom

Farm & Industry

Small Farms

Slow, but Growing Conflict w/Indians

Good Climate

Quaker

Rel. Toleration

Farm & Industry

Farms

Democratic

Tolerant

Good Rel.w/Indian

Malaria in Chesap.