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The Middle & Southern Colonies (skgilbert)
New York (New Netherland) �Originally settled by the Dutch �Fur trade with the Indians �New Amsterdam created to protect mouth of the Hudson river �What does New Amsterdam become? • • • That’s right – it’s NEW YORK CITY/ Manhattan
Why did people go to New Netherland? �Push/Pull Factors �Push: motivate people to leave their country (religious persecution) Get out! �Pull: attract people to a new location (religious freedom, available fertile land, economic opportunity) Come here!
New Jersey �Chartered by the Duke of York �Relatively small and poor �Stuck between more powerful neighbors: New York and Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Founder: William Penn as repayment for a royal debt Settlers: Mostly Quakers -”Inner Light” - Women spiritually equal to men - Pacifists - Tolerant of other religious groups - Fair treatment of Indians �Philadelphia – City of Brotherly Love William Penn �Diversity: population & economics
The Other Southern Colonies �Maryland – founded as a refuge for Catholics (Maryland Religious Toleration Act) �Carolinas – very prosperous; rice �Georgia – military buffer between Spanish Florida and the wealthy Carolinas; James Oglethorpe
Virginia has Growing Pains �Continued battles with Native Americans �Bacon’s Rebellion – frontier farmers revolt against the “establishment” government: �Results � Poor farmers would not tolerate government run by the wealthy � Reduced taxes for frontier farmers � Bacon dies of the bloody flux (oh yeah, its ugly) � The end of indentured servitude and the rise of slavery
Key Ideas & Terms – Let’s Review �Joint-stock company �Powhatan �John Smith �House of Burgesses �Royal/proprietary colony �Bacon’s Rebellion �James Oglethorpe �Charter �Puritans, Separatists �Mayflower Compact �John Winthrop �Roger Williams �Anne Hutchinson �Pequot War �King Philip’s War/Metacomet �Salem Witch Trials
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