Post on 17-Dec-2015
Founding the Middle and Southern Colonies
In section, you will read about the founding of the Middle
Colonies (such as New York), and the Southern Colonies.
The Middle Colonies
New York New Jersey
DelawarePennsylvania
The Dutch West India Company, founded the colony of New Netherland in what is
now New York.
A map of the Hudson river valley c. 1635 (North is to the right)
New Amsterdam in 1664
New Amsterdam c. 1674
The Dutch colony of New Netherland attacked the
nearby colony of New Sweden in 1655, but was itself attacked by the Duke of York’s troops
and renamed New York.
James II, Duke of York.
The Duke of York, gave the province of New Jersey to his friends, Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley in 1664. Settlers in New Jersey
were promised large land grants and religious freedom.
The original provinces of West and East New
Jersey are shown in yellow and green respectively. The
Keith line is shown in red, and the Coxe and Barclay line is shown in orange. The wedge
at the top is the territory at the
disputed New Jersey / New York border
William Penn, a Quaker, was given a large piece of land in
America by Charles II in order to repay a debt. This piece of
land came to be called Pennsylvania, and was a place
where Quakers and non-Quakers alike could live
according to their beliefs.
William Penn
Benjamin West's painting (in 1771) of William Penn's 1682 treaty with the Lenape
Having been granted their own assembly in 1704 by Penn,
Delaware eventually separated from Pennsylvania.
The area now known as "Delaware" had no official name before 1776; it was administered
by the proprietors of Pennsylvania as part of their
jurisdiction, even though it had a separate local assembly and
courts.
FOR UNDERSTANDING
The______, founded the colony of ______ in what is now New York.
• 1) West Indian Company, New Jersey
• 2) Pennsylvania Dutch, New Netherland
• 3) Dutch West India Company, New Netherland
• 4) Dutch East India Company, New York
The Dutch colony of New Netherland was renamed ______.
• 1) New York
• 2) New Jersey
• 3) Baltimore
• 4) Delaware
The Duke of York, gave the province of ______ to his friends, Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley in
1664.
• 1) Delaware
• 2) New Jersey
• 3) Baltimore
• 4) Newark
______ was given a large piece of land in America by Charles II. This
piece of land came to be called ______.
• 1) Lord Baltimore, Charleston
• 2) William Penn, Pennsylvania
• 3) Lord Baltimore, Baltimore
• 4) The Duke of York, New York
William Penn was a ______ by religion.
• 1) Puritan
• 2) Presbyterian
• 3) Quaker
• 4) Baptist
Having been granted their own assembly in 1704, ______ eventually
separated from Pennsylvania.
• 1) Baltimore
• 2) New York
• 3) the Carolinas
• 4) Delaware
The Southern Colonies
MarylandNorth
Carolina
GeorgiaSouth Carolina
Lord Baltimore established Maryland in 1632 for Roman
Catholics fleeing persecution in England.
Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore
In 1663, Carolina was founded as a colony. The colony was
later divided into North Carolina and South Carolina.
In 1732 James Oglethorpe founded Georgia as a refuge
for debtors.
Savannah, Georgia colony, Early 1700's
By the early 1700s, there were 13 English colonies along the
eastern coast of North America.
In 1775, the British claimed authority over the red and
pink areas on this map and Spain
ruled the orange. The red area is the
area of the 13 colonies open to
settlement after the Proclamation of
1763.
FOR UNDERSTANDING
______ established ______ in 1632 for Roman Catholics fleeing
persecution in England.
• 1) Lord Baltimore, Rhode Island
• 2) Lord Byron, Maryland
• 3) James Oglethorpe, Rhode Island
• 4) Lord Baltimore, Maryland
In 1663, ______was founded as a colony. The colony was later divided
into North and South.
• 1) Carolina
• 2) Carolus
• 3) Carrollton
• 4) Carrollsberg
In 1732 ______ founded ______ as a refuge for debtors.
• 1) James Oglethorpe, Maryland
• 2) John Oglethorpe, Maryland
• 3) James Madison, Georgia
• 4) James Oglethorpe, Georgia
By the early 1700s, there were ______ English colonies along the eastern coast of North America.
• 1) 10
• 2) 15
• 3) 13
• 4) 12