THE MIDDLE & SOUTHERN COLONIES

• Find a newspaper or magazine article (this can be from an internet site) about politics (government).

• The article can focus on Utah, United States or foreign politics.

• Write one paragraph (at least 6 sentences) explaining the article (include who, what, when, where, why & how) and another paragraph that tells me your opinion of the article (at least 5 sentences)

• Print or cut out the article and attach it to your response

• Due no later than 1/9/14. Worth: up to 30 points

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY

WARM-UP (IN PAGE 85 BOTTOM)

1. Why did the English colonize North America?

2. Why were many New England colonies established? (What were the people looking for?)

3. What was the first “successful” English colony in America?

4. What happened to the colony at Roanoke?

SET-UP CORNELL NOTES

• On IN Page 86-87 set up Cornell Notes:

• Title: The Middle Colonies

• Essential Question: How were the Middle Colonies established?

THE MIDDLE COLONIES

• New York, New Jersey, Delaware & Pennsylvania

• Swedes, Dutch, English, Germans & Africans came to this region

• Protestants, Catholics, Quakers & Jews came for religious freedom

• River systems supported shipping & commerce while rich soil & mild winters allowed farming & raising livestock

NEW NETHERLAND NEW YORK

• The Dutch set up the colony of New Netherland along the Hudson River.

• To encourage farming in New Netherland, Dutch officials gave large parcels of land to a few rich families.

• Owners of these huge estates were called patroons.

• In exchange for the grants, patroons promised to settle at least 50 European farm families.

NEW NETHERLAND NEW YORK

• August 1664, English warships sailed into New Amsterdam's harbor.

• Governor Peter Stuyvesant vowed to defend the city, but with little ammunition and gunpowder, not to mention very few loyal followers, he was forced to give up the colony without firing a shot.

• King Charles II of England gave New Netherland to his brother, the Duke of York.

• Renamed the colony in his brother's honor: NEW YORK

NEW JERSEY

• The Duke of York soon realized that New York was too big to govern easily. He gave part of the colony to his friends, Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret.

• They set up a proprietary colony which they called New Jersey.

• In a proprietary colony, the King gave land to one or more people in return for a yearly payment. The proprietors were free to divide the land and rent to others.

• The proprietors also made laws for the colonies but had to respect the rights of the colonists under English law.

NEW JERSEY

• In 1702, New Jersey became a royal colony- a colony under direct control of the English crown.

• Religious freedom, large land grants & a representative assembly were promised to encourage people to settle in New Jersey

PENNSYLVANIA

• William Penn, a Quaker, founded Pennsylvania after receiving the grant of land from King Charles II

• Pennsylvania became a haven for Quakers who believed all people should live in peace and harmony, including Native Americans

DELAWARE

• For a time, Pennsylvania included some lands along the lower Delaware River.

• The region was known as Pennsylvania's Lower Counties

• In 1704, William Penn granted the three lower counties of Delaware their own assembly

• The counties later broke away to form the colony of Delaware

CODE MARKING SYSTEM

• Read through your Cornell Notes (The Middle Colonies, IN Pages 86-87 ) and use the code marking system to:

• Highlight important information (you can use a highlighter, different colored pen or colored pencil)

• Circle Key Terms

• Put (*) next to things you think I’ll ask you on a test

• Put (?) next to information you don’t understand (and then ask me about it!)

THE SOUTHERN COLONIES

• Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia

• The soil & climate of this region was suitable for growing crops such as tobacco, rice & indigo