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Title: 2.4 The Middle Colonies


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2.4 The Middle Colonies
  • OBJECTIVE
  • Learn about the founding of New Netherland and
    Pennsylvania
  • Understand the reasons for these colonies
    success.
  • HW Study, complete IDs and workbook

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New Netherland
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New Netherlands
  • Established by the Dutch
  • 1609-1621
  • Fur trading posts
  • New Netherlands
  • West India Company
  • New Amsterdam
  • Founded in 1625, capital of the colony
  • Diverse colony
  • Religious toleration
  • Friendly relations with Natives
  • English takeover
  • By force
  • No resistance

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The Quakers
  • Pennsylvania
  • Obtained by William Penn
  • Paid off a debt
  • Penns Woods
  • Quakers
  • Gods inner light
  • Informal
  • Anyone could preach
  • Pacifist
  • Didnt serve in the military

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William Penn
  • Saw his colony as a Holy Experiment
  • Everyone received 50 acres
  • Assembly style government
  • Good relations with Native Americans
  • Saw them as people
  • Paid for the land
  • No major conflict
  • 50 years
  • Never made from the colony
  • His principles and idea

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COMPARE/CONTRAST
NORTHERN MIDDLE
What were the characteristics of the Northern Colonies? What were the characteristics of characteristics of the Middle Colonies?
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