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The Other Colonies

The Other Colonies. What you need to know. Locate/identify: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia Peter Stuyvesant, New Netherland and New Amsterdam William Penn, the Quakers & Pennsylvania. New Netherland.

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The Other Colonies

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  1. The Other Colonies

  2. What you need to know • Locate/identify: • New York, • New Jersey, • Pennsylvania, • Delaware, • Maryland, • North Carolina, • South Carolina, and • Georgia • Peter Stuyvesant, New Netherland and New Amsterdam • William Penn, the Quakers & Pennsylvania

  3. New Netherland • 1621—Dutch government set up colony south of New England • Purpose of colony: fur trade • Very few Dutch citizens willing to go • Opened immigration to many people including Africans (slaves or free) • Capital: New Amsterdam (later called NYC)

  4. British take over—1664 • Concerned their colonies were split up, British invaded • Peter Stuyvesant was governor of New Netherland • Called for citizens to help defend

  5. British take over—1664 • His people hated him • Very few showed up to fight the British with him • Dutch surrendered without a shot fired

  6. British take over—1664 • British gave control of colony to the Duke of York • Made him proprietor • Owner of a colony • He changed name of colony to New York • Split off part of colony – became NJ

  7. The Quakers • AKA Society of Friends • Radical religious group • No ministers • Pacifists • Harassed by both Church of England and Puritans

  8. William Penn • Wealthy Quaker • Wanted to set up colony • King owed his father money, gave him land in America • Established Pennsylvania • Capital – Philadelphia

  9. Pennsylvania • Every adult male given 50 acres and right to vote • How different from headright system? • Colony had freedom of religion • Little to no conflict with natives • Worked with them peacefully

  10. Pennsylvania • Needed to get more colonists • Appealed to people from all over Europe • Many people came, didn’t have same beliefs as Quakers • Quaker ideals faded from colony

  11. New Hampshire • Started out as part of Massachusetts • Split off because of argument with Massachusetts

  12. Delaware • Started out as New Sweden • Taken by Dutch, then by British • Was part of Pennsylvania • Spun off from Pennsylvania as a separate colony

  13. Maryland • Safe colony for British Catholics • Catholics harshly treated in England

  14. North and South Carolina • Originally only one proprietarycolony • Split up for easier control over big area

  15. Georgia • Last colony • Established as buffer between wealthy South Carolina colony & Spanish Florida

  16. What you need to know • Locate/identify: • New York, • New Jersey, • Pennsylvania, • Delaware, • Maryland, • North Carolina, • South Carolina, and • Georgia • Peter Stuyvesant, New Netherland & New Amsterdam • William Penn, the Quakers & Pennsylvania

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