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AP US - Unit One (Mid Atlantic Colonies)
P. 46-66
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History
11th Grade
09/25/2010

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*Pennsylvania, William Penn
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William Penn has a substantial estate in America from debt owed to King of England. He founds Pennsylvania, and religious dissenters flock there.
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Liberal laws in Pennsylvania
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Anyone could live in pennsylvania,
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Holy experiment
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William Penn's term for the government of Pennsylvania, which was supposed to serve everyone and provide freedom for all.
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Frame of government
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- 1701 - The Charter of Liberties set up the government for the Pennsylvania colony. It established representative government and allowed counties to form their own colonies. (Delaware was one)
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*New York: Dutch, 1664 English
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New Amsterdam is conquered by English, Dutch give up without a fight, and becomes New York.
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Patron system
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Dutch - Get a large portion of land if you can establish a settlement of 50 people in 4 years. Not popular, plenty of land in Netherlands.
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Peter Stuyvesant
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Governor of New Amsterdam, most gov of Dutch colonies were unpopular.
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Five Nations
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Iroquois trade with English furs -> guns, the lust for fur has the Iroquois taking land from Canada, west US from rival tribes. French + rival tribes fight Iroquois and cripple them, Five Nations declare neutrality. Pattern of colonies = divide and conquer.
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Crops in the Middle Colonies
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the crops grown in the middle colonies were mostly wheat, barley, oats, rye, and corn. (breadbasket)
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New York and Philadelphia as urban centers
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Leisler's Rebellion
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Leisler leads rebellion against Brit royal authority in New York, new Gov policy there was too strict on navigation laws, English retake city eventually by armed conflict.
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*Benjamin Franklin
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Very influential man in American history, Lawyer, statesman, scientists, politcal theorist, you name it. Created first independent newspaper.
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John Bartram (1699-1777)
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The father of American botany, Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania, Maryland, Rhode Island - founders established churches
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Quakers
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"Society of friends", believed in spiritual individual inspiration, pacifism, equal rights, religious freedom, and women were equal to men in religious affairs.
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Middle Colonies (Peoples)
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Had a diverse population, Pennsylvania attracted many, and Middle Colonies enjoyed good trade + population.
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