The Middle and Southern Colonies

1650-1725

New Netherland Becomes New York

• Originally ran by the Dutch• Bought Manhattan Island for 24 dollars• England Takes Over changes name to NY• Also Take New Jersey

Pennsylvania

• William Penn is King Charles best friend• Charles owes William a lot of Money• William Penn and the Quakers

Maryland

• Lord Baltimore is the first governor• Openly Catholic Colony• Religious Freedom for the English

North Carolina

• Small scattered population• Bad Ports=Little Trade• Tobacco, pitch, turpentine

South Carolina

• Opened Charleston• Great Farming area• Sugarcane, Deerskin, Indians

Georgia

• James Oglethorpe is Governor• Many Englishmen are in jail• Georgia is a place they can “start over”

England’s “New 13”

• Population 2.5 million• Free Land, Free Worship, Free government• Self government becomes a right

Homework

• What were the differences between the northern, middle, and southern colonies?