Middle Colonies

Chapter 3, Section 3
Chapter 3
The English Colonies

 Section 1 – Early English

Settlements
 Section 2 – New England Colonies
 Section 3 – Middle Colonies
 Section 4 – Southern Colonies
 Chapter Review
 Chapter 3 Test
Main idea

 People from many

different countries
settled in the
Middle Colonies
for a variety of
reasons, including
religious freedom.
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Colonies

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 New Amsterdam
becomes New York
 By 1660, England had
two clusters of colonies
in America – New
England colonies in the
North & Virginia and
Maryland in the South.
 The Dutch settlement of
New Amsterdam
separated the English
Colonies.
 Settlers were welcomed
from several European
countries. Each local
area was ruled by
patroons.
 New Amsterdam
becomes New York
 England wanted to take the Dutch settlement, in part
because of its excellent harbor. In 1664, an English
fleet was sent to take New Amsterdam by force.

 Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch governor, was not popular.

He could not get settlers to fight the English.

 England changed the name to New York, and welcomed

people of all ethnic and religious backgrounds.
New Netherland becomes New
York

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New Jersey
 The southern part of New
York became New Jersey.

 The proprietors, John

Berkeley and George
Carteret welcomed
religious and ethnic
diversity.

 In 1702, NJ switched from

a proprietary colony to a
royal colony.
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Jersey

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Pennsylvania
 William Penn founded
Pennsylvania as “a holy
experiment” - a colony
based on Quaker beliefs.

 Quakers were pacifists.

They also believed in
equality and toleration.

 Penn planned the city of

Philadelphia, and wrote
Pennsylvania’s constitution.
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Pennsylvania

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Delaware

 The southernmost
part of Pennsylvania
was called the “three
lower counties”, and
eventually became
its own colony,
Delaware.
the colony of
Delaware

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