The Middle Colonies

Mr. JohnsonAPUSHThe Middle ColoniesMiddle Colonies

Major ThemesIroquois Confederacy

Lenape (Delaware) Indians

English Restoration

Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles IIAnglo-Dutch Wars

Dutch & English

Germans & Scots-Irish

Ethnic DiversityRivers & Harbors: Mixed Economy

Bread Colonies

Ports & Growing Cities

Religious Tolerance

New YorkDutch West India Company

New Netherland & New Sweden

Fur Trade with Lenape

Manhattan Purchase

New Amsterdam

Hudson River

Dutch Patroonship System

New York Economy

Dutch Slave Trade

Dutch Reformed Church

Peter StuyvesantStuyvesant Surrenders to the English

New York

New YorkFounded1613FounderDutch settlersPurposeEconomic gainEconomyFur, patroonshipsManhattan portHudson River farmingGovernmentRoyal colonyEthnic/Social/ReligiousLenape & IroquoisNew AmsterdamLimited slaveryEnglish took control during Anglo-Dutch WarsDutch Reformed & Anglican ChurchesNew JerseyNew Netherland & New Sweden

New JerseyFounded1664FounderSwedish & Dutch settlersPurposeEconomic gainEconomyMixed farmingGovernmentRoyal colony

DelawareDelawareFounded1638FounderDutch & Swedish settlersPurposeEconomic gainEconomyFishing, moderate-sized plantationsGovernmentProprietary colony

PennsylvaniaQuaker Meeting

Restoration Colony

Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles IICharles II & William Penn

Quaker Relations with Lenape

Pennsylvania Economy

Philadelphia

Schuylkill & Delaware Rivers

Farming

German Anabaptists

Mennonites in Pennsylvania

Amish in Pennsylvania

Frontier Scots-Irish

PennsylvaniaFounded1682FounderWilliam PennPurposeHaven for QuakersEconomyWheat, oats, Philadelphia portGovernmentRestoration colonyEthnic/Social/ReligiousLenape, peaceful (early) Indian relationsEnglish (later, Germans and Scots-Irish)Tolerance: Quakers, Mennonites, AmishLimited slaveryMarylandLord Baltimore: The Calvert Family

Catholic Haven

The Founding of MarylandMaryland Toleration Act

Slavery in Maryland

MarylandFounded1634FounderGeorge Calvert (Lord Baltimore)PurposeHaven for CatholicsEconomic gainEconomyTobacco, wheatGovernmentProprietary colonyEthnic/Social/ReligiousEnglish indentured servants, African slavesReligious Toleration ActCatholics, Anglicans