The Middle Colonies
New York
Proprietary Colony
Promised diverse colonists
freedom of religion. Brazilian
Jews were the first Jews to
settle in North America.
New York City became the
fastest growing locations in
the colonies.
New Jersey
No natural
harbor
Ethnic &
religious
diversity
Offered tracts of
land, trial by
jury &
representative
assembly
Pennsylvania
William Penn was given the
colony by King Charles of England,
he wrote Pennsylvania’s first
constitution.
William Penn belonged to a
Protestant group of dissenters
called the Society of Friends, or
Quakers.
Penn believed that the land
belonged to the Native Americans
and that settlers should pay for it.
William Penn saw the colony as a
“holy experiment”, a chance to
put Quaker ideals of toleration
and equality into practice. He
designed the city of Philadelphia,
calling it “the city of brotherly
love”
1701 The Charter of Liberties,
granted the colonists the right to
elect representatives to the
legislative assembly.
Chapter 3 Section 3 Vocabulary
• Patroon- wealthy landowners in the Dutch
colonies who ruled like a king over large areas
of land.
• Proprietary colony- colony run by individuals
or groups to whom the land was granted
• Pacifist- person opposed to the use of war or
violence to settle disputes.