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Overview of the Other Colonies: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and More

Discover the fascinating early history of the other American colonies, including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Learn about key figures like Peter Stuyvesant in New Netherland and William Penn, a prominent Quaker, who established a colony with religious freedom and peace with Native Americans. Understand the unique characteristics of each colony, including their purposes, founding conditions, and how they evolved. Explore the cultural diversity and conflicts that shaped the foundation of these colonies.

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Overview of the Other Colonies: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and More

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  1. The Other Colonies

  2. What you need to know • Locate/identify: • New York, • New Jersey, • Pennsylvania, • Delaware, • Maryland, • North Carolina, • South Carolina, and • Georgia • Peter Stuyvesant, New Netherland and New Amsterdam • William Penn, the Quakers & Pennsylvania

  3. New Netherland • 1621—Dutch government set up colony south of New England • Purpose of colony: fur trade • Very few Dutch citizens willing to go • Opened immigration to many people including Africans (slaves or free) • Capital: New Amsterdam (later called NYC)

  4. British take over—1664 • Concerned their colonies were split up, British invaded • Peter Stuyvesant was governor of New Netherland • Called for citizens to help defend

  5. British take over—1664 • His people hated him • Very few showed up to fight the British with him • Dutch surrendered without a shot fired

  6. British take over—1664 • British gave control of colony to the Duke of York • Made him proprietor • Owner of a colony • He changed name of colony to New York • Split off part of colony – became NJ

  7. The Quakers • AKA Society of Friends • Radical religious group • No ministers • Pacifists • Harassed by both Church of England and Puritans

  8. William Penn • Wealthy Quaker • Wanted to set up colony • King owed his father money, gave him land in America • Established Pennsylvania • Capital – Philadelphia

  9. Pennsylvania • Every adult male given 50 acres and right to vote • How different from headright system? • Colony had freedom of religion • Little to no conflict with natives • Worked with them peacefully

  10. Pennsylvania • Needed to get more colonists • Appealed to people from all over Europe • Many people came, didn’t have same beliefs as Quakers • Quaker ideals faded from colony

  11. New Hampshire • Started out as part of Massachusetts • Split off because of argument with Massachusetts

  12. Delaware • Started out as New Sweden • Taken by Dutch, then by British • Was part of Pennsylvania • Spun off from Pennsylvania as a separate colony

  13. Maryland • Safe colony for British Catholics • Catholics harshly treated in England

  14. North and South Carolina • Originally only one proprietarycolony • Split up for easier control over big area

  15. Georgia • Last colony • Established as buffer between wealthy South Carolina colony & Spanish Florida

  16. What you need to know • Locate/identify: • New York, • New Jersey, • Pennsylvania, • Delaware, • Maryland, • North Carolina, • South Carolina, and • Georgia • Peter Stuyvesant, New Netherland & New Amsterdam • William Penn, the Quakers & Pennsylvania

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