Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 6, Lesson 4: English Settlement in the Middle Colonies (pp. 143-147)
I. The Colony of New Netherland
B. English warships took control of the Dutch territory in 1664.
II. The Founding of Pennsylvania
B. William Penn founded a colony of Quakers in Pennsylvania.
B. Penn had peaceful relations with the Delaware Indians.
C. Other settlers arrived, but did not always treat the Indians fairly.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Dutch merchants and farmers settled in what is now New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut.
A. Quakers were persecuted in England for their religious beliefs.
III. Relations with the Indians
A. William Penn believed all men were equal in God's sight.
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