Chapter 3-3 from Sept 25^th

MIDDLE COLONIES

· Founded for religious freedom

· Rich soil & mild winters good for farming

A. New York

1. Founded in 1624 for profit & trade

2. Financed by the Dutch

3. Peter Stuyvesant – Governor

4. In 1664 England overtakes New York

a. Duke of York owns it

b. Becomes a Proprietary Colony

B. New Jersey

1. Founded in 1664 as a proprietary colony

2. Owned by Carteret and Lord John Berkeley

C. Pennsylvania

1. Founded in 1681 for religious freedom

2. Founded by William Penn

a. Quaker

b. Was given the land by King Charles

c. Quakers were tolerant and wanted peace

D. Delaware

1. Founded in 1704

2. Made of lower 3 counties of PA

SOUTHERN COLONIES

· Soil and climate suitable for warm weather crops like tobacco, rice and indigo

A. Maryland

1. Founded in 1632 for religious freedom for the catholics

2. Founded by Lord Baltimore

3. Set up the Toleration act of 1649

B. Carolinas

1. Founded in 1663

2. Because of its close location to Spanish owned Florida, fights broke out over this territory

a. King helped them by sending soldiers to fight Spanish

1a. Becomes a Royal colony in 1729

1b. splits into North and South Carolina

C. Georgia

1. Founded in 1732

2. Founded by George Oglethorpe

3. Founded as a buffer colony between Carolinas and the Spanish

a. Became a place to put debtors