Founding the Middle Colonies

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Founding the Middle Colonies

• Settlement of the Middle Colonies began in New
  Netherland, later New York, when Dutch colonists
  began arriving in the middle 1600s. They were a
  diverse group, taking control of land and
  altering the flora and the fauna as they spread
  farther out. They were also changing the cultures
  they had brought with them from Europe,
  experimenting with greater religious freedom and
  more representative government than Europe had
  ever known.

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The 13 Colonies

• A colony is a place that belongs to another
  country.
• Historians divide the 13 original colonies into
  the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. In
  Chapter 24, we learn about the Dutch colonization
  of the Middle Colonies.

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What countries had colonies in North America?

• England
• France
• Spain
• Portugal
• Sweden

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New England

• Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New
  Hampshire

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Middle Colonies

• New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware

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Southern Colonies

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

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People from Holland are called Dutch. Dutch West
India Company was

• A business firm that owned much of the Dutch
  colonies. They were in charge of New Netherland
  later to be called New York.

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Why did the Dutch want to colonize America?

• May have value in the future
• Fur trading
• European rivalry- one country did not want
  another to far ahead in possessions and power.
• Dutch decided India was more important
• Silk spices