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C H A P T E R 3 S E C T I O N 3
THE MIDDLE COLONIES
PERRY’S POINTS
• Describe Geography and Climate of Middle Colonies• Understand early history of N.Y and N.J• Understand how P.A and D.L were founded• Understand the change within the Middle
Colonies in the 1600s and the 1700s
RESOURCES IN MIDDLE COLONIES
WHAT STATES MAKE UP THE MIDDLE COLONIES
NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
Origins
• Created by Dutch of New Netherland in 1660• Fur trade between
native Americans and settlers • Came from Sweden,
France, Portugal• Dutch were rivals with
English
NEW YORK
• 1664, England takes over Dutch territory in the New world • New Amsterdam
renamed as New York after the English Duke James of York.
Duke of York
NEW JERSEY
Origin
• Established 1665. split off from New York.
• At First was a Proprietary Colony: created by a grant of land from a monarch to an individual or family
• Created into a Royal Colony: a Colony controlled directly by the English King.
PENN’S “HOLY EXPERIMENT”
William Penn
• Arrived in 1682• “city of Brotherly Love”
attracted everyone, different languages
• Create colony with different religious backgrounds in peace
• Elected assembly• Land bought from Native
Americans
WORKING IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES
What kinds of Jobs?
• Good farmland• Cash crop: wheat,
“Americas bread basket” • Manufactured: iron,
flour, paper• Shoemakers,
carpenters, masons, weavers, coopers.
Thriving Economy