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Settling the Middle Colonies

Settling the Middle Colonies. New Netherland Becomes New York. New Netherlands was an ethnically diverse, commercially successful colony However, in the competition for empire, the Dutch stretched themselves too thin The English invaded and easily took the colony Articles of Capitulation

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Settling the Middle Colonies

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  1. Settling the Middle Colonies

  2. New Netherland Becomes New York • New Netherlands was an ethnically diverse, commercially successful colony • However, in the competition for empire, the Dutch stretched themselves too thin • The English invaded and easily took the colony • Articles of Capitulation • Guaranteed individual rights (far more than other colonies) • Free trade • Religious freedom • Local political representation

  3. The Iroquois League • Tribes of the Iroquois nation banded together to challenge Dutch and English settlers for control of the region • Lucrative fur trade • Also asserted their dominance by defeating other tribes and taking over their hunting grounds • Almost exterminated by the French in 1701 • Afterwards, maintained neutraility, playing French and British off each other, creating a thriving fur trade for themselves.

  4. Pennsylvania • William Penn, a Quaker, inherited the rights to a huge tract of land in America • Society of Friends • Quakers • No formal ministry • No deference to persons of rank • No oaths • Pacifism

  5. Pennsylvania • Penn’s colony encouraged people of different religious affiliations (as long as they believed in God) • Penn sought out settlers from various backgrounds • Believed they could put aside differences for the betterment of the commonwealth • The colony grew rapidly due to Penn’s generous land offers

  6. Pennsylvania • Quakers and Indians generally lived at peace • Penn was careful to always purchase land • Frames of Government • Freemen elected council members and the assembly • Governor had no veto • Penn, the proprietor, held the only veto • Penn wanted an ideal Quaker government (peace and order without oaths or war)

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