1. The Middle Colonies
The Breadbasket Colonies

3. New Netherlands/New
York
 New York was originally settled by the
Dutch and called New Netherlands.
 New York City was called New
Amsterdam.
 Peter Stuyvesant
 1664 England takes New Netherlands
and renames the colony New York.

4. Peter Stuyvesant

5. New Jersey
 Founded by Lord Berkley and George
Cateret
 Proprietary

6. Map of New Jersey

7. Lord Berkley and George
Cataret

8. Pennsylvania
 Founded by William Penn
 Quakers
– Believed that only God should be
honored
– Believed in silent church ceremonies in
which people searched for the inner light.
– Believed that war was wrong and were
strict pacifist

9. Pennsylvania
 Extremely tolerant to other religions
 Many different religious sects settled
in Pennsylvania
 The Pennsylvania Dutch
 Colony of shopkeepers and tinkerers

10. Map of Pennsylvania

11. William Penn

12. Who does William Penn
remind you of ?