E. Question: Why did England want to control New Netherland?
Purchasing Manhattan Island
- In 1626, Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from the local Native Am. for trade goods.
- Established colony in modern day New York & New Jersey. The Dutch called it New Netherland with it capital being called New Amsterdam and settled the Hudson River Valley.
- Their economy was based upon fur trade with the local Native Americans.
- There were settlers from Sweden, France, & Portugal., but one of the colony's main problems was its small Dutch population.
- In the late 1620s, large estates were offered to patroonwho would bring new settlers to the colony in return they would work to pay off their debt to him.
English & the Dutch Colony
. - While there was an English settlement on Long Island , the main problem was that New Netherland separated the northern & southern English colonies.
- Dutch colonial governor of New Netherland. He would be responsible for losing control of the colony to the English.
- In 1664, the English Duke of York was given control of the Dutch lands in North Am. when he captured them. The Duke renamed the colony New York and thecapital New York City
E. Question: What were the primary reasons for the colonization of Georgia?
A Buffer for the Colonies
- England was looking for a way to protect its Carolina colonies from the Spanish. Georgia was established to be a buffer between England's colonies & the Spanish colony.
- What is a debtor? A person who owes money.
- Englishlaws required that debtors be jailed if they couldn't pay their debts. Georgia would be used as a colony where debtors could reform.
Founder and Leader of GA Colony
- James Oglethorpe & a group of investors wanted a colony for debtors where they could be reformed. Oglethorpe served as governor for 20 years.
- Georgia's founders wanted it be a colony of small farms...not on plantations, however, settlers weren’t in favor of this idea.
- Slavery was originally banned in the colony and remained this way until 1751.