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• Started By: Dutch. Taken over by England’s Duke of York – King Charles’ brother
• Why?: Economic reasons (resources and trade)• Year Founded: 1624• Other Information: New York City originally
named New Amsterdam Peter Stuyvesant “Peg Leg Pete” (Dutch
Governor) Manhattan Island was bought from Native Americans for a small amount of beads & other goods
• Started By: Lord John Berkeley
• Why?: Economic reasons
• Year Founded: 1638
• Other Information: Very Diverse
• Started by: William Penn & Quakers (Society of Friends)
• Why?: Religious Freedom• Year Founded:1682• Other Information: Quakers-a religious group
who were persecuted-believed in equality (did not bow to lords) and pacifism, established Philadelphia “City of Brotherly Love”
Penn sent pamphlets to other countries to advertise his colony
• Started by: Swedish settlers
• Why?: Economic reasons
• Year Founded:1638
• Other Information: Broke off of Pennsylvania
Extra NEW YORK
• Taken from the Dutch because of the excellent harbor for trade.
• The Dutch called NY: New Netherlands
• New Amsterdam was renamed New York City.
• Manhattan Island was bought from the Native Americans for trinkets worth about $24.
Extra Pennsylvania
• William Penn advertised his colony throughout Europe.
• Many Germans settled in PN and became successful farmers.
• Philadelphia (city in PN) means “City of brotherly love.”
• To escape religious persecution in Massachusetts, many left to live in the Middle colonies where there was religious tolerance.
• Cultural diversity: variety
• Because of its tolerance, immigrants from many countries such as the Netherlands, Sweden and Germany, settled in the Middle Colonies.
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