Settling the Middle Settling the Middle [or “Restoration”] [or “Restoration”]

ColoniesColonies

Settling the Middle Settling the Middle [or “Restoration”] [or “Restoration”]

ColoniesColonies

GOALS profit and individual betterment..

New Netherlands &New Netherlands &New SwedenNew Sweden

New Netherlands &New Netherlands &New SwedenNew Sweden

Founded in the 1660s by:

Friends of British King Charles II.

Land speculators.

Middle class farmers & craftsmen.

More Like Later More Like Later America Than Other America Than Other

Regions!Regions!

More Like Later More Like Later America Than Other America Than Other

Regions!Regions!Economic diversity.

Large cities more cosmopolitan culture.

Some slavery [6%-12% of the population].

Ethnic and religious diversity.

Religious toleration.

“Bread Colonies.”

New YorkNew York

Manors &Manors &

Land Land GrantsGrants

PatroonsPatroonshipships

New YorkNew York

Manors &Manors &

Land Land GrantsGrants

PatroonsPatroonshipships

New York Harbor, New York Harbor, 16391639

New York Harbor, New York Harbor, 16391639

New AmsterdamNew AmsterdamNew AmsterdamNew Amsterdam

Peter StuyvesantPeter StuyvesantPeter StuyvesantPeter Stuyvesant

Governor of New Amsterdam

William PennWilliam PennWilliam PennWilliam Penn

The “Holy Experiment”The “Holy Experiment”

Royal Land Grant to Royal Land Grant to PennPenn

Royal Land Grant to Royal Land Grant to PennPenn

Penn & Native Penn & Native AmericansAmericans

Penn & Native Penn & Native AmericansAmericans

Penn’s Treaty with thePenn’s Treaty with theNative AmericansNative Americans

Penn’s Treaty with thePenn’s Treaty with theNative AmericansNative Americans

Urban Population Urban Population GrowthGrowth

1650 - 17751650 - 1775

Urban Population Urban Population GrowthGrowth

1650 - 17751650 - 1775

Ethnic GroupsEthnic GroupsEthnic GroupsEthnic Groups

Settling the Lower Settling the Lower SouthSouth

Settling the Lower Settling the Lower SouthSouth

1660s – 1730s

The Carolinas & Georgia.

Planters & yeomen farmers from VA or the Sugar Islands.

Debtors & other petty criminals.

Port of Charles Port of Charles Town, SCTown, SC

Port of Charles Port of Charles Town, SCTown, SC

The only southern port The only southern port city.city.

Crops of Crops of the the

CarolinasCarolinas

Crops of Crops of the the

CarolinasCarolinas

IndigoIndigoIndigoIndigo

RiceRiceRiceRice

Rice & Indigo ExportsRice & Indigo Exportsfrom SC & GA: 1698-from SC & GA: 1698-

17751775

Rice & Indigo ExportsRice & Indigo Exportsfrom SC & GA: 1698-from SC & GA: 1698-

17751775

Founder of GeorgiaFounder of GeorgiaFounder of GeorgiaFounder of Georgia

JamesJamesOglethorpeOglethorpe

A “buffer zone” between Britain’s North American colonies & Spanish

Florida.

The Trustees of The Trustees of GeorgiaGeorgia

The Trustees of The Trustees of GeorgiaGeorgia

Painted by William Verelst, 1734Painted by William Verelst, 1734

1733 Savannah1733 Savannah1733 Savannah1733 Savannah

Grill pattern of Grill pattern of settlement.settlement.

Iroquois Lands & Iroquois Lands & European Trade European Trade

CentersCenters

Iroquois Lands & Iroquois Lands & European Trade European Trade

CentersCenters

King Philip’s War,King Philip’s War,1675 – 1676)1675 – 1676)

King Philip’s War,King Philip’s War,1675 – 1676)1675 – 1676)

Bacon’s RebellionBacon’s Rebellion((1676 - 1677)1676 - 1677)

Bacon’s RebellionBacon’s Rebellion((1676 - 1677)1676 - 1677)

Nathaniel Nathaniel BaconBacon

Nathaniel Nathaniel BaconBacon GovernorGovernor

William William BerkeleyBerkeley

GovernorGovernorWilliam William

BerkeleyBerkeley

18c Southern 18c Southern ColoniesColonies

18c Southern 18c Southern ColoniesColonies