The Mid-Atlantic Colonies and the Columbian Exchange

What year was New York founded

1624

What type if colony did New York begin as

Dutch

3 facts about Henry Huson

1. Explorer for the Dutch

2. Sails up the Manhattan river (now called Hudson River)

3. Sets up settlement on the tip of Manhattan Island and present day Albany

Who was more interested in slave-trade than settlments

The Dutch

1 fact about the Dutch West India Company

Netherlands in America worked for the company in wages, but not a lot of them liked to

Original name for New York

New Amsterdam

What year is King James II awarded land in America in claimed by the Dutch to King Charles II (brother)

1664

When the British fleet arrive at New Amsterdam and the Dutch surrender, why do the the Dutch surrender (3 reasons). What does New Netherland splits colony by?

1. The Puritans are trading with Dutch, which is illegal

2. The English crown revenues

3. Can tap into fur trading

1. New Netherland splits the colony, which is illegal

Who is New York City named after

Duke of York

5 facts about Duke of York and New York

1. Begins to offer free land to draw settlers

2. Noticed 18 different languages spoken\

3. Sells land, but still has to charge a rate

4. Offer religious toleration

   1. You can worship the way you want to

   2. Good place for puritans who want to leave

5. Created an assembly

5 facts about King James and New Jersey colony

1. Became King of England in 1685

2. 1685; divided bottom of New York into 2 proprieties : East Jersey and West Jersey

3. Named for a proprietor born on the island of Jersey

4. No natural labor, inhibits people from settling there

   1. Small farms

5. The two proprietary go bankrupt, and the crown takes over and unites them into New Jersey

7 facts about Pennsylvania and Quakers

1. Founded by a Quaker for a safe haven in

2. Quakers are being persecuted in England

   1. Believed religion was corrupted by man, believed it was a true relationship with God.

   2. Saw God communicating with you is more important than the Bible, Church, and rituals

   3. Called meetings, not services

   4. Refused baptism

   5. 15,000 Quakers were arrested, several thousands executed

2 facts about William Penn Junior

1. Arrested for a time

2. Quaker who was hated by his father

   1. He was beaten by his father

2 facts about William Penn Senior

1. British is in a civil war, so he lends Britain, money

2. When Senior Penn dies, his son Penn Junior inherits his money

What year Pennsylvania named after William Penn Senior

1681

4 facts about Pennsylvania

1. Begins voyages to Pennsylvania

2. Capital is Philadelphia

3. Fair treatment Native Americans

   1. Purchases some land from them

   2. Sells some land

   3. Allow for complete religious freedom; a lot of people began to move there, even some

   4. Allows for an elected assembly

   5. Trying to lure other settlers from the other colonies to move there

4. Needed a coastline, asks King Charles if he could buy it

   1. Taken over by Anglicans

What year was Delaware founded/granted

1704

11 plant and 6 animals part of the Old World to New World

Plants:

1. Rice

2. Barley

3. Wheat

4. Peas

5. oats

6. coffee

7. sugarcane

8. bananas

9. melons

10. olives

11. grapes

Animals:

1. Horses

2. cattle

3. sheep

4. Pigs

5. Goats

6. Chicken

2 factors of Environmental impact

1. Disease

   1. Smallpox, measles, chicken pox, malaria, yellow fever, flu, and cold

2. Ideas