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  • Delaware = Pennsylvania
  • William Penn (-->)
  • Quakers
  • More freedom than other colonies
  • Assembly against council (Blum)
  • Charter of Liberties

The British Middle Colonies

By Kristen Cox and Mariya Savinov

Declaration of Independence

or: Reasons We're Mad at the Government

Works Cited

  • Trade taxation
  • Removal of rights
  • No freedom of religion
  • Unfair judicial courts
  • Lack of popular sovereignty

"All land owned by England or its representatives shall be handed to the tenants, if present, or the colonial government of the region.

Henceforth, any and all restrictions and taxes on trade shall be disbanded forthwith.

In relation to the revoked rights upon conversion of a royal colony, all rights shall be returned to the people from which they were removed.

Any citizen or immigrant currently residing in the Middle Colonies shall receive full citizenship and “Middle Colony Nationality.”

Within the Middle Colonies, any barriers or legislative laws on religion are forthwith abolished.

The proprietors and their governors shall no longer have legislative power within the Middle Colonies.

The Judicial courts established by the proprietors and their governors and to be destroyed and recreated anew with elected members."

An Early Quaker Meeting. Digital image. A Quaker Stew. Blogspot, 16 Mar. 2012. Web. 1

Sept. 2014.

Arrival of Radisson in an Indian Camp. Digital image. Wikimedia. Wikipedia, n.d. Web. 1

Sept. 2014.

Blum, John Morton. "Chapter One: Making Use of a New World." The National

Experience: A History of the United States. Forth Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College, 1993. 2-29. Print.

Blum, John Morton. "Chapter Two: The Pattern of Empire."The National Experience: A

History of the United States. Forth Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College, 1993. 30-59. Print.

Blum, John Morton. "Chapter Three: The First American Way of Life." The National

Experience: A History of the United States. Forth Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College, 1993. 60-85. Print.

Bruton Parish Church. Digital image. Blogspot.com, n.d. Web. 1 Sept. 2014.

Colonial city life. Digital image. Gotham Center. Gothamcenter.org, n.d. Web. 1 Sept. 2014.

Colonial Farmers. Digital image. Rockleigh Borough, New Jersey. Rockleigh.org, n.d. Web. 1

Sept. 2014.

Dorf, Philip. The Mercantalist Argument for Colonial Expansion. Digital image. WHAT

WERE THE EFFECTS OF COLONIALISM AND MERCANTILISM IN AMERICA? Georgie Nicolls, 31 Jan. 2013. Web. 1 Sept. 2014.

Geizcht Op Nieuw Amsterdam. Digital image. Wikimedia. Wikipedia, n.d. Web. 1 Sept.

2014.

Original Castello Plan. Digital image. Wikimedia. Wikipedia, n.d. Web. 1 Sept. 2014.

Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges. Digital image. Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges:

History and Conservation. American Philosophical Society, n.d. Web. 1 Sept. 2014.

Puritans on the Shore. Digital image. Land of the Brave. Landofthebrave.info, n.d. Web. 1

Sept. 2014.

Quaker Meeting. Digital image. Davids, Duncans, Given, and Hare. Wordpress.com, n.d.

Web. 1 Sept. 2014.

The Pequot War. Digital image. NATIVE AMERICAN LEGENDS. Legends of America, n.d.

Web. 1 Sept. 2014.

William Penn. Digital image. Educational Technology Clearinghouse. Florida Center for Instructional

Technology, n.d. Web. 01 Sept. 2014.

Treatment of Native Americans

  • Fair treatment because of trade
  • Minimal violence towards natives
  • Unusual
  • Farmers, friends, food

Political Control and Oversight by the Mother Country

  • minimal control by England
  • except: colonies reclaimed as royal colonies
  • Pennsylvania had practically no oversight

<--Charter of Privileges

Economic Mercantilism

  • minimal economic mercantilism
  • exception: cities
  • ex: New Amsterdam (New York City)
  • enforcement of Navigation Acts

Social Structure and Class System

Labor Systems

  • Farmers, merchants, nobles, government employees
  • Farming to survive (Blum)
  • Religion-centered
  • Farmers, slaves, and immigrants
  • Farms: size and labor (Blum)
  • Merchants and traders
  • Government officials

The Role of Religion and the Church

  • Lots of religious freedom
  • Moderate separation of Church and State
  • Parishes incorporation: New England Town (Blum)

Anglican Church

Quaker Church

New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania/Delaware

New York

Pennsylvania (+ Delaware)

Proprietary Colonies

Navigation Acts

  • New Amsterdam (-->)
  • Ports
  • Merchants and traders
  • Dutch
  • Long Island

Long Island

New Jersey

Characteristics of a Long Islander:

  • Puritan
  • "Cantankerous" (Blum)

Significant Happenings due to Long Islanders

Eastern New Jersey

Western New Jersey

  • Few new settlers (Blum)
  • The Duke's Laws, 1665
  • Charter of Liberties and Privileges, October 17, 1683
  • Poor soil
  • Sir George Carteret
  • Cantankerous Puritans (Blum)
  • Lord Berkeley

New Jersey

  • Lack of communication
  • Quaker proprietors

Quakers

Puritans

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