NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA

NEW YORK FOUNDING

• Originally founded by the Dutch
• Was called "New Amsterdam"
• Duke of York took it for England
• Renamed the colony "New York"

ECONOMY AND DIVERSITY

• Industries of fur, lumber, shipping
• Fertile soil attracted many settlers
• They had lots of immigrants
• Middle colonies were most diverse

POLITICS

• Aristocratic
• Royal elected officials gave power to families
• Influential landowning families had lots of power

RELIGION

• Between Puritan New England and Catholic Maryland
• Mix of the two religions
• Lots of religious freedom
• Both the founders, Dutch and English, were Protestant
• Protestantism was the main religion

PENNSYLVANIA FOUNDING

• Founded by William Penn
• He received a royal charter for a debt owed to his father
• He welcomed forward-looking and skilled people
• Wanted religious freedom from the Puritans
• Founded in 1681

ECONOMY AND DIVERSITY

• Had many German and Scottish immigrants
• Carpenters, masons, shoemakers, etc.
• Many colonists were religious misfits
• The Quakers exported grain and other foods
• Strong economy with 2,500 settlers in a short time

GOVERNMENT

• Based on religious freedom for the Quakers
• They were peaceful with local Indians
• Had perfect democracy, religious freedom, and justice
• Had absence of military and oaths
• Philadelphia became the most important city in the colonies

RELIGION

• Founded for the religious freedom of the Quakers
• No dominate religion
• Gave religious freedom for everyone
• Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jews and others

FUN FACTS

• NY became a state on July 28, 1788
• PN became a state on December 12, 1787
• "Penn" in PN comes from the founder William Penn
• "Slyvania" in PN comes from the Latin word meaning "woodland"