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OverviewOverview

• New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

• First colonists were Dutch.• Quakers settled in Pennsylvania.• Fertile land promoted cash crops

of corn/wheat/fruit.• Abundance of rivers allowed

transportation of goods.• The most ethnically divers area.

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New Netherlands founded in the Hudson River area by Dutch West India Company

Characteristics of New Amsterdam:

Aristocratic

Cosmopolitan diverse population with many different languages.

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Swedes in New Swedes in New NetherlandsNetherlandsMid-1600s Sweden settled small,

under-funded colony [called “New Sweden”] near New Netherland.

1655 Dutch attack New Sweden.

Main fort fell after bloodless siege.

New Sweden absorbed into New Netherland.

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ColonyColony

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ColonyColonyCharles II granted New Netherland’s land to his brother, the Duke of York, [before he controlled the area!]

1664 English soldiers arrived.

Dutch had little ammunition and poor defenses.

Dutch forced to surrender without firing a shot.

Renamed “New York”

England now controlled the Atlantic coast!

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Names Harlem, Brooklyn

Architecture gambrel roof

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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They offended religious & secular leaders in England.

Refused to pay taxes to support the Church of England.

They met without paid clergy

Believed all were children of God refused to treat the upper classes with deference.

Keep hats on.

Addressed them as commoners ”thees”/“thous.”

Wouldn’t take oaths.

Pacifists.

Aristocratic Englishman

1660 – attracted tothe Quaker faith.

1681 he received agrant from king toestablish a colony.

Penn believed that people who are self-governed are free.

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Penn told the Pennsylvania council that “…any government is free to the people under it…where the laws rule, and the people are a party to those laws; more than this is tyranny…”

Penn & Native Penn & Native AmericansAmericans

Penn & Native Penn & Native AmericansAmericans

Bought [didn’t simply take] land from Indians.

Quakers went among the Indians unarmed.

Quakers were leaders in demanding an end to slavery.

BUT…….. non-Quaker Europeans flooded PA

Treated native peoples poorly.

This undermined the actions of the Quakers!

Government of Government of PennsylvaniaPennsylvania

Government of Government of PennsylvaniaPennsylvania

Representative assembly elected by landowners.

Freedom of worship guaranteed to all.

Forced to deny right to vote & hold office to Catholics & Jews by English govt.

Death penalty only for treason & murder.

Compared to 200 capital crimes in England!

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Attracted many different people

Religious misfits from other colonies.

Many different ethnic groups.

No provision for military defense.

No restrictions on immigration.

No slavery!!