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