3.3 History of The Middle Colonies

This island was purchased from the Manhates people in 1626 for beads and other goods.

• Manhattan Island

• Long Island

• Staten Island

• Ellis Island

This Dutch colony became New York after being taken over by the English in 1664.

• New Amsterdam

• New Netherland

• New Holland

• New Utrecht

William Penn called this city the "city of brotherly love" and became America's first town planner.

• New York

• Philadelphia

• Boston

• Washington D.C.

These wealthy landowners in New Netherland were given large estates in exchange for bringing 50 settlers to work the land.

• Patroons

• Burgesses

• Cavaliers

• Yeomen

This 1701 document granted Pennsylvania colonists the right to elect representatives to the legislative assembly.

• The Charter of Liberties

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Magna Carta

• The Fundamental Orders

The Duke of York gave this colony to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret.

• New York

• New Jersey

• Pennsylvania

• Delaware

This strict Dutch governor surrendered New Amsterdam to the English in 1664.

• Peter Stuyvesant

• Willem Kieft

• Adriaen van der Donck

• Cornelis Evertsen

This English Quaker founded Pennsylvania in 1680 as a "holy experiment."

• William Penn

• George Fox

• John Woolman

• James Naylor

These astronomers mapped the boundary line between Maryland and Pennsylvania in the 1760s.

• Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon

• Lewis and Clark

• John Flamsteed and Edmond Halley

• Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler

Known as pacifists, these religious settlers refused to use force or fight in wars and were often persecuted.

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

• Shakers