Middle Colonies

Describe the economy and businesses in the Delaware Colony.

Agriculture, lumbering and ship buildings.

Where does the name Pennsylvania come from? What does it mean?

Combining the founder, William Penn, with Latin word sylvania, which means forest.

The colony eventually began to operate as a separate colony called ____________________.

Delaware

The _______________ ________ ________________ Company controlled New Netherlands. The goal was to increase the colony's population. The company began to offer land grants to people who could bring at least 50 settlers to work on the land. The landowners who received these land grants were called patroons because they ruled like kings and had their own courts and laws.

Dutch West India

The Swedish people settled in southern Pennsylvania first before the ___________ and ____________ took over the area.

Dutch, English

What made New York unique was its diverse population consisting of _____________, _______________, ______________, and Native Americans. The also had Jewish people. The city of New Amsterdam was renamed New York City which became one of the fastest growing cities in the colonies.

Dutch, German, Swedish

The new colony was nearly as large as _________________.

England

__________________ wanted to gain valuable control of the Dutch Colony as they insisted they had a right to claim the land based on John Cabot's exploration. The English sent a fleet to attack New Amsterdam and the Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrendered without a fight.

English

Describe the economy and businesses in the Pennsylvania Colony.

Grew lots of wheat among crops referred to as the bread basket.

Describe the economy and businesses in the New York Colony.

Grew lots of wheat, leading to New York being designated a bread basket colony.

Where does the name Harrisburg come from?

It comes from John Harris' father.

What made New York unique was its diverse population consisting of Dutch, German, Swedish, and Native Americans. The also had ______________ people. The city of New Amsterdam was renamed ______ _______ __________ which became one of the fastest growing cities in the colonies.

Jewish, New York City

The Duke of York decided to divide the the colony (because it was too big to govern). He gave a piece of land to his friend Lord __________ _____________and Sir ___________ ____________. Both gentlemen named the new piece of land New Jersey, which is named after the English Channel on the Island of Jersey. Proprietors also offered large tracts of land and promised religious freedom, trial by jury and representative assembly.

John Berkeley, George Carteret

English wanted to gain valuable control of the Dutch Colony as they insisted they had a right to claim the land based on _____________ ________________ exploration. The English sent a fleet to attack New Amsterdam and the Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrendered without a fight.

John Cabot's

The main settlement (city) of New Netherlands was New Amsterdam, on _______________ Island. This location combined a good Seaport with access to the Hudson River. New Amsterdam became the center of shipping to and from the Americas because the river served as a transportation link to rich lands of farms, forests, and furs.

Manhattan

Where does the name New Jersey come from? What does it mean?

Named after English Island of New Jersey

Where does the name New York come from? What does it mean?

Named after King Charles II's brother the Duke of York.

Where does the name Trenton come from?

Named after William Trent, one of the leading landowners.

Where does the name Delaware come from? What does it mean?

Named after the Delaware River

Where does the name Albany come from?

Named after the Duke of Albany.

Where does the name Dover come from?

Named after the town of Dover in England's Kent.

Penn also believed the land belonged to the __________________ _______________ and that settlers should pay for it.

Native Americans

English wanted to gain valuable control of the Dutch Colony as they insisted they had a right to claim the land based on John Cabot's exploration. The English sent a fleet to attack ________ _______________ and the Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrendered without a fight.

New Amsterdam

The main settlement (city) of New Netherlands was _________ _______________, on Manhattan Island. This location combined a good Seaport with access to the Hudson River. New Amsterdam became the center of shipping to and from the Americas because the river served as a transportation link to rich lands of farms, forests, and furs.

New Amsterdam

Between _______________ ___________________ colonies, Maryland, and Viginia were lands under Dutch control, which they called the area the New Netherlands .

New England

The Duke of York decided to divide the the colony (because it was too big to govern). He gave a piece of land to his friend Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret__. Both gentlemen named the new piece of land ________ _______________, which is named after the English _______________ on the Island of _____________. Proprietors also offered large tracts of land and promised religious freedom, trial by jury and representative assembly.

New Jersey, channel, Jersey

Between New England colonies, Maryland, and Virginia were lands under Dutch control, which they called the area the ________ ______________ .

New Netherlands

King Charles I gave the piece of land to his brother named the Duke of York who renamed the colony from New Netherlands to _________ ___________ which was named after him. The newly acquired colony was a proprietary colony because the proprietor owned all the land and controlled the government.

New York

Pennsylvania, or "__________________ __________________," stretched inland from the Delaware River.

Penn's Woods

However, Delaware remained under the authority of the __________________ governor. (Also, you need to know that southern PA is too far from the capital and its government).

Pennsylvania's

English wanted to gain valuable control of the Dutch Colony as they insisted they had a right to claim the land based on John Cabot's exploration. The English sent a fleet to attack New Amsterdam and the Dutch Governor ______________ ____________________surrendered without a fight.

Peter Stuyvesant

Penn supervise the building of ____________________, a name that means "a city of ___________________ __________________".

Philadelphia, brotherly love

A Protestant group called the _________________ had been ________________ in England and left to start a new life in the New World.

Quakers, persecuted

The main settlement (city) of New Netherlands was New Amsterdam, on Manhattan Island. This location combined a good ______________ with access to the ________________ River. New Amsterdam became the center of shipping to and from the Americas because the river served as a transportation link to rich lands of farms, forests, and furs.

Seaport, Hudson

The ___________________ people settled in ____________________ Pennsylvania first before the Dutch and English took over the area.

Swedish, southern

Describe the economy and businesses in the New Jersey Colony.

Tools, kettles, nails, etc.

Between New England colonies, Maryland, and ___________ were lands under ____________ control, which they called the area the New Netherlands .

Virginia, Dutch

Penn recruited people to the colony by advertising it as a piece of religious freedom and people such as the English, _____________, ______________, _______________, and German settlers arrived.

Welsh, Irish, Dutch

In 1680 ________________ _____________, a wealthy English Quaker, received land in a payment for a debt King Charles owed to William's father.

William Penn

King Charles I gave the piece of land to his _____________ named the __________ of ____________ who renamed the colony from New Netherlands to New York which was named after him. The newly acquired colony was a proprietary colony because the proprietor owned all the land and controlled the government.

brother named Duke of York

In 1701 in the _______________ of _________________, Penn granted colonists the right to elect representatives to the legislative.

charter, privileges

Penn allowed these southern ________________ to form their own ______________.

counties, legislature

The Duke of York decided to ____________________ the the colony (because it was too big to govern). He gave a piece of land to his friend Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret__. Both gentlemen named the new piece of land New Jersey, which is named after the English Channel on the Island of Jersey. Proprietors also offered large tracts of land and promised religious freedom, trial by jury and representative assembly.

divide

In 1701 in the Charter of Privileges, Penn granted colonists the right to ___________ representatives to the ________________.

elect, legislative

The main settlement (city) of New Netherlands was New Amsterdam, on Manhattan Island. This location combined a good Seaport with access to the Hudson River. New Amsterdam became the center of shipping to and from the Americas because the river served as a transportation link to rich lands of farms, _________________, and ________________.

forests, furs

The Dutch West India Company controlled New Netherlands. The goal was to increase the colony's population. The company began to offer land ___________ to people who could bring at least _______ settlers to _____________ on the land. The landowners who received these land grants were called patroons because they ruled like kings and had their own courts and laws.

grants, 50, work

Penn saw the colony as a "______________ ______________", a place to put his ____________ ideals to practice.

holy experiment, Quaker

People should follow their "__________ ____________" rather than the teachings of a religious ______________.

inner light, leader

In 1680 William Penn, a wealthy English Quaker, received __________ in a payment for a __________ King Charles owed to William's __________.

land, debt, father

While New Jersey had a diverse population and many different ethnic groups, the colony lacked ____________ harbors and did not develop a major ____________ or city like New York. Since Proprietors made few profits, they sold their shares of the colony and eventually became a royal colony.

natural, port

They were also ________________, or people who refuse to use ______________ or fight in wars.

pacifists, force

The Dutch West India Company controlled New Netherlands. The goal was to increase the colony's population. The company began to offer land grants to people who could bring at least 50 settlers to work on the land. The landowners who received these land grants were called ________________ because they ruled like ___________ and had their own ___________ and __________.

patroons, kings, courts, laws

The Dutch West India Company controlled New Netherlands. The goal was to increase the colony's __________________. The company began to offer land grants to people who could bring at least 50 settlers to work on the land. The landowners who received these land grants were called patroons because they ruled like kings and had their own courts and laws.

population

While New Jersey had a diverse _____________________ and many different ____________ groups, the colony lacked natural harbors and did not develop a major port or city like New York. Since Proprietors made few profits, they sold their shares of the colony and eventually became a royal colony.

population, ethnic

While New Jersey had a diverse population and many different ethnic groups, the colony lacked natural harbors and did not develop a major port or city like New York. Since Proprietors made few ____________, they sold their shares of the colony and eventually became a _______________ colony.

profits, royal

King Charles I gave the piece of land to his brother named the Duke of York who renamed the colony from New Netherlands to New York which was named after him. The newly acquired colony was a _________________ colony because the ______________ owned all the __________ and controlled the ________________.

proprietary, proprietor, land, government

Philly quickly became America's most ___________________ city and most popular _________________.

prosperous, port

The Duke of York decided to divide the the colony (because it was too big to govern). He gave a piece of land to his friend Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret__. Both gentlemen named the new piece of land New Jersey, which is named after the English Channel on the Island of Jersey. Proprietors also offered large tracts of land and promised ______________ freedom, trial by jury and representative ______________.

religious, assembly

The main settlement (city) of New Netherlands was New Amsterdam, on Manhattan Island. This location combined a good Seaport with access to the Hudson River. New Amsterdam became the center of ___________ to and from the ____________ because the river served as a ________________________ link to rich lands of farms, forests, and furs.

shipping, America's, transportation

The Quakers or, ______________ of _________________ believed that everyone was ______________.

society, friends, equal