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Middle Colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Middle colonies | The “Breadbasket Colonies.” The land in this area made it a place of growth and prosperity. A diverse group of settlers made up the population of the middle colonies. |
| New York (New Netherland) | Leaders: Dutch, People: Henry Hudson, Peter Minuit, Peter Stuyvesant Reasons founded: expand trade Industry: Cattle & grain, Lumber and timber, ironworks |
| Delaware (New Sweden) | Reasons Founded: Expand trade Industry: Tobacco, Shipbuilding Government: Was taken over by New Netherland, later helped out landlocked Pennsylvania. |
| New Jersey | Leaders: John Berkeley, George Carteret People: James Duke of York Reasons founded: Profit from selling land. New York was too large. Divided up into East and West at one point. Industry: Cattle & grain, Ironworks |
| Pennsylvania | Leaders: William Penn Reasons founded: Religious freedom, profit from selling land Industry: cattle & grain, fir, lumber & timber, ironworks |
| Pennsylvania | Religion: Quakers, EVERYONE equal Government: Refused to pay taxes or serve in army, 1701 Charter of Privileges (constitution), self government, a governor an assembly |
| Cash crop | Crop 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 |
| 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. |
| Proprietary Colony | A colony given to an individual by the King of England |
| Royal Colony | A colony under control of the English King |
| Pacifists | A person who believes that violence and war are unjustifiable. |
| Henry Hudson | Searching for the Northwest Passage |
| Peter Minuit | Was the governor of the colony and he paid the Natives for the island |
| 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 | Gave some of his land to John Berkeley and George Carteret |
| William Penn | Founded a colony as home to his religious community, the Quakers. |
| Nathaniel Bacon | Started a rebellion in Jamestown charged that Governor William Berkeley was not doing his job |
| Mercantilism | To gain money and wealth, a country has to sell more goods than they bought ( Import and Export theory ) |
| Navigation Acts | Laws to control colonial trade Colonists must use English built ships Goods (ex. tobacco, indigo, and cotton) could only be sold in England |
| Navigation Acts Cont'd | Colonists could only buy English-made goods Any other products bought or sold from somewhere else had to be shipped out and taxed Bad thing for colonists |
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