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THE DUTCH SETTLEMENT: ORGINS OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COLONIES

THE DUTCH SETTLEMENT: ORGINS OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COLONIES. THE DUTCH SETTLEMENT. THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COLONIES.

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THE DUTCH SETTLEMENT: ORGINS OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COLONIES

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  1. THE DUTCH SETTLEMENT:ORGINSOF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COLONIES

  2. THE DUTCH SETTLEMENT

  3. THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COLONIES • People from all over Europe settled the Middle Atlantic Colonies. They were tolerant of other religious beliefs and nationalities. Most Africans were slaves, a few were free, but they had few rights. • English Catholics settled in Maryland. Dutch and Swedish settlers began colonies in New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania. • William Penn, a Quaker, was the founder of Pennsylvania. He paid the Native Americans for their land. They lived together in peace.

  4. Many Germans settled in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia was the largest city in the colonies. Benjamin Franklin, a Philadelphia printer, was a colonial leader. The region had rich farmland and good water resources. Lumber, crops, and animal furs were sent to markets in coast cities, such as New York. Farming was the heart of the economy. The land and climate were good for large-scale farming.

  5. Colonist who couldn’t afford coastal land moved into the back country. The back country was the rugged land between the coastal plains and the Appalachian Mountains. They had a long period of peace with Native Americans.

  6. HENRY HUDSON

  7. HENRY HUDSON • The Dutch connection with North America began in September 1609, when Henry Hudson, an English Captain, in service to the VOC (Vereenigde Oostlndische Compagnie) discovered with his ship “De Halve Maene” the river which today bears his name. • Henry Hudson was in search of a NW passage to Asia.

  8. HENRY HUDSON • In 1626 a fort was built on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River, this fort was called Fort Amsterdam and around it the town of Nieuw Amsterdam developed, it was destined to become the capital of the Dutch colony, in 1628 the population at Nieuw Amsterdam was of 270 souls.

  9. PETER STUYVESANT

  10. PETER STUYVESANT • New Amsterdam’s governor was Peter Stuyvesant. He soon expanded New Netherlands into what is now New Jersey. Peter Stuyvesant went south into what is now Delaware taking over New Sweden in 1655.

  11. The English took over New Netherlands and New Sweden because the citizens would not fight the English. The land was then split up and given its present day name of New York and New Jersey.

  12. NEW YORK

  13. NEW JERSEY

  14. DELAWARE

  15. PENNSYLVANIA

  16. WILLIAM PENN

  17. ASSIGNMENT Writing Activity: Imagine that it is the 1600’s and you are an immigrant who has just arrived in the middle colonies. Use the information in this lesson to write a diary entry about what you might see and do. Entries will be shared with a classmate!

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