The other colonies

New Netherland

• 1609 – Henry Hudson – NW Passage

• 1621 – Dutch West India Co estd NN

• 1626 – Peter Minuit / Manhattan Island

New Netherland

• Low population – patroonships offered

• Diverse population

• Economy – fur trapping/trading

Transition to New York

• Brits invaded 1664–Security – unite

coast–Economics

• Peter Stuyvesant

British take over—1664

• Duke of York named Proprietor

• New York• New Jersey

The Quakers• AKA Society of Friends• Radical religious group

–No ministers–Pacifists–Oppressed by both Anglicans and

Puritans

William Penn• Wealthy Quaker

–Wanted refuge for Quakers–King gave land

• Established Pennsylvania• Capital – Philadelphia

Pennsylvania• Every adult male got 50 acres &

suffrage

• Freedom of religion

• Very little conflict with natives

Pennsylvania• Low population

• Wanted growth – open to all

• Quaker influence faded

Delaware• New Sweden (1638)• Dutch (1655)• British (1664)

–Part of Pennsylvania–PA spun off (1702)

Carolina• Originally one proprietary colony

–Group of eight

• Extremely democratic–Voter veto

Carolina• Low population

• Economy – Rice, Indigo

• Settler recruitment from Barbados–Harsh slavery laws there–Settled Charles Town

Carolina• Barbadians demanded control

• Colony split (1729)

Georgia (1733)• James Oglethorpe

–Buffer colony–Charity colony

• No slavery (at first)–Then competition

IN REVIEW• Proprietary colonies

–Maryland (1634)• Lord Baltimore – haven for Catholics

–Carolina (1663)• 8 proprietors – political utopia

IN REVIEW• Proprietary colonies

–New York (1664) / New Jersey (1665)• Given to Duke of York

–Pennsylvania (1681)• William Penn – haven for Quakers