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The Middle Colonies

C. The Middle Colonies. New York New Amsterdam Delaware New Jersey Pennsylvania. The Middle Colonies. These colonies were created mainly around the idea of trade. New York was originally owned by the Dutch and called New Amsterdam.

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The Middle Colonies

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  1. C

  2. The Middle Colonies • New York • New Amsterdam • Delaware • New Jersey • Pennsylvania

  3. The Middle Colonies • These colonies were created mainly around the idea of trade. • New York was originally owned by the Dutch and called New Amsterdam. • The English took it over and renamed it when they saw the Dutch making money and working with the Native Americans. • Pennsylvania was created to provide a safe place for Quakers to worship and allow for religious tolerance.

  4. D

  5. New France (Canada) • The French established the colony of Quebec in modern day Canada. • The French worked closely with the Native Americans to control the fur trade. • The French were not interested in long term settlement of the New World.

  6. Standard 2 The student will trace the ways that the economy and society of British North America developed.

  7. A

  8. Mercantilism • The economic system of the colonial period • It held that a country should try to get and keep as much bullion as possible. • The colonies provided raw materials for British production • The British would manufacture goods and send them back to the colonies and around the world • This system allowed the British to accumulate vast wealth • The Acts of Trade and Navigation • Colonial ships could only trade with the British • All imports into colonial America had to travel through British ports • Certain goods could be exported to England ONLY

  9. Mercantilism Positives: • NE shipbuilding • Tobacco monopoly • English military protection Negatives: • No manufacturing • Farmers receive low prices • High prices for manufactured goods • This policy skewed the balance of trade in favor of the British

  10. Salutary Neglect • The British realized that the most salutary, or beneficial, policy was to neglect their colonies. • The British government was very lax in enforcing the Navigation Acts • This allowed the colonies to develop their own governments and economic policies. • It gave the colonies their first sense of freedom.

  11. Triangular Trade • Triangular trade developed between England, Africa and the New World

  12. Book Assignment • Page 62: 1-10 • Just the answers. You do not need to write out the questions.

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