US History 1 CP
Unit 1: Origins of a New Nation!
Europeans Establish Colonies 1492-1752!
Mr. Mulry!
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Section 5-The Middle Colonies Colonies pp. 55-59!
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Objectives!
-Explain how Dutch New Netherland became English New York.!
-Describe William Penn’s relationship with Indians in Pennsylvania.!
-Compare and contrast the Pennsylvania Colony to other colonies.!
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Terms and People!
Push Factor: Events and circumstances that motivate people to leave their homes.!
Pull Factor: Events and circumstances that attract people to a new location.!
William Penn: Wealthy Quaker Englishman who founded Pennsylvania.!
Quaker: Unlike Puritans, sought inner understanding of Bible, considered women equal, and
were pacifists.!
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Focus Question: What were the characteristics of the Middle Colonies?!
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The English settled on the northern and southern Atlantic coast of North America.
Swedes and Dutch settled small colonies on the mid-Atlantic coast.
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Later the English came to control most of the Atlantic seaboard.
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Rivers were important to the Middle Colonies for many reasons.!
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The Dutch West Indies Company spurred the development of New Netherland.
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1609: Sent ships up the Hudson
River to trade for furs from Indians.
1614: With traders and farmers,
founded present-day Albany, New
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1625: Founded New Amsterdam,
now present-day New York City.
Characteristics of Dutch Colonies!
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Settled mainly by farmers and traders from the Netherlands, France, Germany, and Norway.!
Colonies tolerated various religious groups including Jews, Baptists, and Lutherans.!
The Dutch West Indies Company appointed a governor and advisory council of colonial
leaders. !
No elected assembly was permitted.!
The Dutch West Indies Company bought land from Indians.
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Push and pull factors decreased or increased immigration.
The Netherlands
England
People enjoyed religious tolerance and
had no religious reason to leave.
Puritans were persecuted and wanted
freedom to worship their way.
The country had a booming economy and
few poor people.
The country had a stagnant economy with
a large number of poor people.
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In 1655, the Dutch took command of New Sweden.
In 1638, Swedish and Finnish farmers and traders built a small colony on
the lower Delaware River in what is present-day Delaware.
The colony expanded to parts of present-day New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant sent warships to New Sweden and assumed control of the colony.
The English and Dutch were intense rivals for global trade in the 1650s and
1660s.
In 1664, the English sent an expedition and forced Stuyvesant to surrender the colony.!
When the English moved into the Middle Colonies:
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They renamed New Amsterdam to New York after the Duke of York.
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The Duke of York took over governing the colony as a proprietary colony.
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York designated formation of a new colony in 1664, now present-day New
Jersey.
The Pennsylvania Colony was founded in 1682.
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Started by William Penn, a wealthy Quaker who cultivated peace with the Indians.!
Quaker beliefs:!
• no clergy leadership!
• women spiritually equal to men!
• pacifist―do not fight wars or bear arms!
• tolerate other faiths
Unlike other English leaders, Quaker William
Penn bought land from the Indians.
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Pennsylvania became William Penn’s “holy experiment” for political
and religious freedom.
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• Penn
wrote a constitution that guaranteed fundamental liberties.
policies encouraged people from a broad range of religious
backgrounds to immigrate.
• The colonists did not try to convert the Indians.
• Penn named the capital Philadelphia, which means “city of brotherly love.”
• Tolerant
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Each colony had its own approach.
Massachusetts Bay
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Founded by Puritans
seeking religious freedom
Founded by Quakers
seeking religious freedom
Founded by people looking
for new ways to succeed
financially
Elected governor and
assembly
Had a constitution
Appointed governor and
elected assembly
No religious tolerance
Religious tolerance
Little religious tolerance
Tried to convert Indians
Did not try to convert
Indians
Tried to convert Indians
Took land from Indians
Bought land from Indians
Took land from Indians
The Middle Colonies enjoyed
diversity.!
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No single ethnic group or specific religious group had
a majority in the Middle Colonies.
This peaceful diversity went
against the traditional belief
that political order depended
on ethnic and religious
uniformity.
The Middle Colonies’ diversity became part of the nation’s character.
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The ethnic and religious pluralism in the Middle Colonies was an early example of how
the United States later developed into a multi-cultural society.
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