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Middle Colonies
Term | Definition |
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The Middle Colonies | "The Breadbasket Colonies" Made of a diverse group of settlers. A place of growth and prosperity. |
Cash Crop | Crops grown to be sold |
Conestoga Wagon | horse drawn wagon used to get goods to markets. |
Patroon | rents their land to the colony so they can earn money from cash crops and taxes Landowner in the Dutch colonies who received rent, taxes, and labor from tenant farmers. |
Apprentice | A person who shadows someone’s job for a certain amount of time, until they have that job. |
Frontier | outer limits of the colony, causes problems and issues. |
New York (New Netherland) | Reasons founded: expand trade Industry: Cattle & grain, Lumber and timber, ironworks Terms: Patroon, Proprietary Colony A Dutch colony They were tolerant of different religions |
Proprietary Colony | A colony given to an individual by the King of England |
Delaware (New Sweden) | Reasons Founded: Expand trade Industry: Tobacco, Shipbuilding Government: Was taken over by New Netherland, later helped out landlocked Pennsylvania. Stuyvesant took over this colony and made it part of New Netherland |
New Jersey | Reasons founded: Profit from selling land. New York too large. Divided up into East and West at one point. Industry: Cattle & grain, Ironworks The Duke gave land to John Berkeley and George Carteret East West developed separately a royal colony |
Royal Colony | A colony under control of the English King |
Pennsylvania | Reasons founded: Religious freedom, profit from selling land Industry: cattle & grain, fir, lumber & timber, ironworks Religion: Quakers, EVERYONE equal Quakers believed that all people, wealthy or poor, were in the sight of God |
Pennsylvania | Government: Refused to pay taxes or serve in army, 1701 Charter of Privileges (constitution), self government, a governor an assembly William Penn founded a colony as home to his religious community, the Quakers. |
Pennsylvania | Penn’s plans of government were based on religious freedom and popular support of the government They treated Native Americans fairly |
Pacifists | A person who believes that violence and war are unjustifiable. |
Henry Hudson | Henry Hudson was searching for the Northwest Passage |
Peter Minuit | Peter Minuit was the governor of the colony and he paid the Natives for the island |
Peter Stuyvesant | Peter Stuyvesant was the Dutch governor of New Netherland and he seized the colony and made it part of New Netherland |
James Duke of York | The Duke of York gave some of his land to John Berkeley and George Carteret They received a grant from James, Duke of York |
William Penn | William Penn founded a colony as home to his religious community, the Quakers. |