History 1 - Middle Colonies

In ____ _______ breaks out in England

1642, Civil War

King Charles 1 was not listening to his Parliament;

Treason

This person was a puritan and leads the rebellion against the king

Oliver Cromwell

_____ King Charles is Overthrown

1649

King Charles 2 becomes king in 1660, this was known as the

Restoration

Dutch Merchants created the _____

Dutch West India Company

The new colony of New Netherlands was located along

The Hudson River

New Amsterdam was the main ____ of the colony and was located on _______

Settlement, Manhattan Island

Who were the Patroons?

New Netherland settlers who received a large estate if they brought 50 settlers.

English wanted to control ____ in New Netherlands, so they sent a fleet of ships to attack

Trade

New Netherlands Leader

Peter Stuyvesant

New Netherlands became

New York

New York was a proprietary colony given to

The Duke of York (King’s brother)

What was the estimated amount of people in NYC by 1683?

8,000-12,000

Joint-Stock Company

A group or company that invests money in hopes to make a return or profit.

Royal Colony

A colony where the king or queen have control by appointing a royal governor to rule the government.

Proprietary Colony

A colony in which the owner or proprietor owns all the land and controls the government.

In 1664 The Duke of York gives land to

Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret

Named the Colony _____ after an Island in the English Channel

New Jersey

Wanted to make ____ by ______

Making money by charging settlers rent

To the colonists who settled in New Jersey, they were offered:

Large pieces of land, Freedom of religion, trial by jury, and a representative assembly to make set tax rates and make local laws.

New Jersey did not make a profit; they

Sold their shares and New Jersey became a Royal Colony in 1702

King Charles 2 owed William Penn’s Father

He gave him land in the Americas as payment

This land was as large as

England itself

A chance for Penn’s holy experiment was a chance to put his ____ beliefs

Quaker

The Quakers, or _________ believed that everyone was equal

Society of Friends

Quakers were pacifists, meaning

They were against all violence

Meaning of Philadelphia

The city of brotherly love

Meaning behind Pennsylvania

Penn’s Woods

Penn believed that the lad belonged to the _____ and negotiated ______

Natives, treaties or payments

The Charter of Privileges included

1. Freedom of worship

2. Human equality

3. Individual rights

4. Self-government

Delaware followed ____

William Penn’s Charter of Privileges

Allowed to form their own ______ to declare them being a separate colony

Legislature

Delaware became independent in

1776

Delaware control changed;

Dutch (1631), Swedish (1638), Dutch (1655), English (1664)

Main source of trade in the middle colonies

Fur trading

What were the middle colonies?

New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania

What and why did the middle have a nickname?

The American Breadbasket because of the grain growth

The type of metal farmed here

Iron

How many ships did the English send to the Dutch?

4 ships