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