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Chapter 3-3 Middle Colonies

Chapter 3-3 Middle Colonies. 3-3 Middle Colonies/New Y ork. 1660 England has to cluster of land separated by land owned by the Dutch New Amsterdam bought from the Manhates became a major shipping port in N. America

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Chapter 3-3 Middle Colonies

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  1. Chapter 3-3Middle Colonies

  2. 3-3 Middle Colonies/New York • 1660 England has to cluster of land separated by land owned by the Dutch • New Amsterdam bought from the Manhates became a major shipping port in N. America • Dutch West India Companyoffers headrights to anyone who brought 50+ settlers to work land • Riverfront estate owners were called patroons and ruled their lands like Kings

  3. 3-2 New York • 1664 England sends a fleet to take control of New Amsterdam • King Charles II passed the colony to his brother Duke of York • Proprietary colonies– owners controlled their land and the gov. unlike New England • 1691 colonists demand and receive the right to elect their own legislature

  4. 3-2 New Jersey • Duke of York gives the southern part of his colony to John Berkeley and George Carteret • To attract settlers they offered: • Large tracts of land • Freedom of religion • Trial by jury • Representative assembly to make laws • With no major port they made little profit • 1702 New Jersey had been sold and was passed back to the King

  5. 3-2 Pennsylvania • 1680 William Pennreceives land from King Charles II to repay a debt • Establishes Pennsylvania • Penn belonged to a Protestant group of dissenters called The Society of Friends or Quakers • Quakers believed church and church officials were unnecessary and practiced tolerance

  6. 3-2 Pennsylvania/Delaware • 1682 Penn builds Philadelphia& becomes the first town planner • Penn writes Pennsylvania’s first constitution • Penn attracted settlers by advertising with pamphlets • 1701 – Charter of Libertiesgave colonists a rep. gov. • 1704 The Three Lower Countiesin South PA were given the right to form their own legislature and later separated to form the colony of Delaware

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