New York Colony Surrendered to British and Growth of Religious Freedom
1. New York Colony
Surrendered by Dutch to British in 1664
• Duke of York divided territory into New
York and New Jersey
• Many Puritans eventually moved to area
• New Jersey eventually sold to Quakers
We get what?
I am moving to Park
Ave.
2. The Quakers
• Quakers did not have ministers
or religious rituals
• Toleration
• Pacifism and passive resistance
• Executed in several colonies
3. William Penn and Pennsylvania
•Wealthy son of a British admiral
• Became a Quaker
•King gave Penn land grant instead of cash
• Land grant became Pennsylvania
That’s ME
4. “A Holy Experiment”
• Penn founded Philadelphia (“city of
brotherly love”) in 1682
• Called colony a “Holy Experiment”
• Fair dealings with Indians
•Freedom of worship
• Protected individual rights
5. Ethnicity in the Middle Colonies
•Diverse peoples in Middle Colonies
•Groups included Scandinavian, Dutch,
and German settlers
•Later, groups of Scottish and Irish
•Attracted by religious freedom and
economic opportunities
6. Conflicts Between Settlers and Native Americans
•Settlers considered Indians “heathens”
•Settlers didn’t understand Indian
government
•Different attitudes regarding work
•Indians not concerned with material wealth
7. Southern Colonial Life
•Generally difficult, except for wealthiest planters
•Crude houses and furniture
•Formal schooling nonexistent
•Isolated lives
•Limited influence of Anglican Church
