Middle and Southern Colonies
With your team, study the
timeline on p. 186-187.
•How does this timeline compare
to the timeline on p. 158-159?
•What time periods do they
cover?
•What do they have in common?
New York and New Jersey
•Main idea: The colonies of New York
and New Jersey belonged to English
landowners.
•Proprietor: a person who owned and
controlled all the land in a colony.
•Duke of York  proprietor of New
Netherland (given to him by his brother,
King of England) (became New York and
New Jersey)
New York and New Jersey
•Proprietors: “How to make $$?” Selling
and renting the land to farmers
•Representative: someone who is chosen
to speak and act for others.
•Proprietors lived in England – picked
governors and allowed representatives
(an important step toward selfgovernment
Pennsylvania and Delaware
•Main idea: William Penn founded
Pennsylvania as a place where people
could worship freely.
•A “holy experiment:” William Penn
wanted to start a colony where all
Christians could live together
peacefully… so he founded Pennsylvania!
Pennsylvania and Delaware
•More self-government: the Pennsylvania
Assembly (representatives) had power to
approve or reject laws!
•Treaty: an official agreement between
nations or groups
•Penn and the American Indians 
RESPECT
Pennsylvania and Delaware
•Philadelphia:
•Built along the Delaware River
• Excellent harbor
•Well-designed, easy-to-travel roads
•Became a center of trade
•Most famous citizen  Benjamin
Franklin! (wrote Poor Richard’s
Almanack)
•P. 191 Question #7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MihrYXVu6tY
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.
Benjamin Franklin (Poor Richard's Almanack, 1746)
Observe all men; thy self most.
Benjamin Franklin (Poor Richard's Almanack, 1740)
A good conscience is a continual Christmas.
Benjamin Franklin (Poor Richard's Almanack, 1741)
Time is money.
Benjamin Franklin (Advice to a Young Tradesman, 1748)
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Benjamin Franklin (Poor Richard's Almanack, 1758)
Fear not Death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal.
Benjamin Franklin (Poor Richard's Almanack, 1740)
Lost time is never found again.
Benjamin Franklin (Poor Richard's Almanack, 1748)
Read p. 186-193!!!