Settlement of the Middle Colonies
1609 Englishman Henry
Hudson sails for Dutch,
discovers Hudson and Hudson
river Valley
1621 Dutch government
authorizes Dutch West India
Company to colonize New
Netherlands, expand Fur
Trade
1625 New Amsterdam founded
1655 Dutch take over New
Sweden along Delaware river
Settlement of the Middle Colonies
Established for Fur Trade
Slow to attract settlers
Offer of lands extend
beyond Dutch
Diverse population including
20%
African
Less Conflict with natives
more trade
Settlement of the Middle Colonies
English see Dutch as
strategic obstacle
1664 Charles II authorizes
James, Duke of York to
kick Dutch out
English Fleet arrives,
Dutch surrender
Proprietor James renames
colony
New York, gives grant of
New Jersey to friends
Settlement of the Middle Colonies
William Penn, Quaker
receives charter for
Pennsylvania and
establishes Philadelphia in
1681
Holy experiment
Settlement of the Middle Colonies
Quakers dislike in England
Quakers have no ministers
Inner light guides worship
embraced pacifism
good relations with indians
Every man received 50
acres and right to vote
Representative Assembly
Freedom of religion
Settlement of the Middle Colonies
Approach in friendship
receive friendship
Good relations with
Lenape
Regulated trade with
natives
Native/colonist court
No major conflicts
Settlement of the Middle Colonies
After marketing to
Quakers
Opens colony to other
western europeans
Advertised
Many Germans
Penn never makes profit
Slavery introduced
Principles endured
Settlement of the Middle Colonies
1600 and 1700’s Other
colonies settled as well
1632 Maryland - Catholic
1663 - Carolinas
1723 - Ogelthorpe
establishes Georgia as
refuge for debtors
13 colonies