The Dutch found the Netherlands in 1613. Peter Stuyvestant led the beginning of the colony in 1647. The colony was called New York. In 1644 an English fleet captured the undefended colony.
Chapter 3: The British Atlantic World 1660-1750 Colonies to Empire 1660-1713 The Restoration Colonies and Imperial Expansion The Carolinas 1660 English settlements mostly located in New England and Chesapeake North and South Carolina separated by crops and social differences William Penn and Pennsylvania 1681 Pennsylvania given to William Penn Pennsylvania became a safe haven for quakers From Mercantilism to Imperial Dominion The Navigation Acts Laws required that goods be on English or Colonial boats The Dominion of New England Puritans struggled under the rule of King James II
As people began to settle in America they started to form colonies based around their religious beliefs. In the Chesapeake, Maryland, a proprietary colony was in the possession of a Catholic named George Calvert, while the Puritans founded New England. Chesapeake colonies were established mainly as commercial venues, tobacco being the main cash crop. Where as in New England, colonies were established as settlements for religion. Also the terrain in New England did not allow for an agricultural economy like the Chesapeake.
Breaking away from Catholicism rituals, Puritan groups such as Separatists established a colony in Plymouth (Tindall & Shi, 2013). Here they were able to escape the requirements of the Church of England. As additional settlers came over from England, the religious diversity increased requiring additional colonies. The Quakers, the Jews, and the Baptists all had different religious beliefs and to remain harmonious had to settle in a completely different location, one that is now known as Rhode Island (Tindall & Shi, 2013). In this location, the settlers were able to practice their religion without fear of coercion by the government.
Colonists who came to America differed greatly in backgrounds and settled for various reasons: Colonist in the New England Colony came to America primarily because they were religious reformers and separatist seeking a new way of life; the Middle Colony was inhabited by a tolerant and diverse group of people with different backgrounds; And the Southern Colony was mainly inhabited by English aristocrats, small farmers, and slaves. Because each colonial region inhabited different groups of colonists the social development differed greatly in each region. New England was founded on the Puritan faith and maintained a strong sense of faith, family, and community. New Englan was very strict on enforcing a strong sense Puritan religion, the lifestyle of colonist revolved around the puritan faith, so much so, it was referred to the "city upon a hill". Contrasting greatly with the New England Colony, the Middle Colony was greatly social and religiously diverse.
In the Pennsylvania colony they set their own standards in government. In the year 1775 Pennsylvania was a proprietary colony. The first governor of Pennsylvania was William Markham. William Markham led the fight in abolish slavery. William Penn founded the colony in 1681.
The three main colonies that we hear about are Virginia, Plymouth, and Massachusetts. These three colonies basically define all the others, as each group and its main founder either went for a personal financial gain or to escape religious persecution. Virginia was originally settled by Captain John Smith and grew into a successful trade colony through tobacco. Plymouth was originally founded by the Separatists and was lead by William Bradford. Eventually the dwindling Plymouth joined with Massachusetts which was originally Puritan based.
The New York colony soil was fertile and great for farming which was the reason the British wanted to remove it from the hands of the Dutch. New York was named after James the Duke of York. The Dutch were the first to settle in New York but then was preccoupied by the English in 1674. When the Dutch occupied New York they called it New Amsterdam.
Everybody knows the story about how the thirteen British colonies declared independence from the rest of North America. They became known as “The Thirteen Colonies”, and they were a major part of how America became what it is today. But what if there were actually fourteen original colonies? In The Devil Colony by James Rollin, American history is flipped on it’s head when it is discovered that a fourteenth colony consisting entirely of Native Americans very well could have been part of the newly-founded United States of America. The tension begins to grow when evidence suggests that the supposed fourteenth colony is behind a series of catastrophic events, while a very important question begins to brew: was is the fourteenth colony’s true intent to destroy The United States of America all along?
This is now known as modern day Rohde Island. This colony would become the first colony that would separate church and state. Williams would welcome any person that wanted to come even if that would mean your are catholic or Quaker. Roger Williams would go on to build the first Baptist church in America in his new colony. Not only would he welcome all
New England for example had centered their colonies more around religious freedom and were more focused on religion rather than money and power which is why religion had impacted their development a lot more than other colonies. It could be seen in the Chesapeake and Mid-Atlantic colonies that religion had little impact in their development as they focused more on wealth and power. However the colonies like the Chesapeake and Mid-Atlantic focused on wealth and power, religion still had an impact on the development in the colonies. New England colonies like Plymouth/Massachusetts Bay, Providence, Hartford, and New Hampshire were all colonies in the New England region. Religion impacted these colonies more than colonies from the Chesapeake and Mid-Atlantic regions.
The colony most fitting to my given situation between Virginian, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, would be Pennsylvania in the late 1680s. Pennsylvania was becoming well established due to it’s powerful economic growth, cultural diversity and religion, and change in slavery.
I would have preferred British Middle colonies to live. First of all, the middle colonies were the most diverse ethnically and culturally. This colony is full of different kind of religion, which helps us to know about religious and traditional importance of many religions. There were many religious tolerant. Another thing I like farming so the land in the middle colonies was very fertile where we can grow many types of crops and food so that I don 't have to pay money for fruits, vegetables and food.
This is how Quakerism had much to do with William Penn’s religious
The New Jersey Colony became a part of the middle colonies in 1664. It was founded for trade and profits by Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. New Jersey was named after the British Island Jersey. Before the british Colonized it and before the Dutch had settled there, The first people to live in New Jersey were the Lenni Lanape Indians. They were also the first farmers in New Jersey.
