Stereotypes In The Middle Colonies

During the seventeenth century, colonial America was welcoming many newcomers, several from England. Quantities of these newcomers were seeking land for economic purposes as others were longing for religious toleration. Many of the English colonists settled in the New England region for religious freedoms, to escape the English king, and leave adversaries of other religions behind. Settlers who resided in the Middle Atlantic region were affected differently. Although the Middle Atlantic was more

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New York was first settled by the Dutch and Pennsylvania was founded on the basis of religious tolerance, which are some of the main factors to why the Middle colonies were so diverse. With the New England colonies being settled by Puritans, it wasn't a very accepting region for other religions. The Southern colonies was also mainly a plantation economy which did not attract very many immigrants. In the 1700’s population in the Middle colonies flourished with immigrants from places such as Germany, Ireland, and Scotland. In 1770, about 85,000 German immigrants came to the Middle colonies. Most of the immigrants were made up of Germans because of the War going on in Germany at the time, and they wanted to escape the harsh life there in America. Scots-Irish were also major settlers mainly consisting of farm laborers or tenant farmers. Although the trip over was miserable because of seasickness, bad sanitation, and starvation, immigrants were still able to escape their lives in Europe and were welcomed in the Middle colonies unlike in the other colonial regions. The colonies were also diverse because of the different religions and culture that the immigrants brought. Not only did immigrants come to America for a better life, but they came with their beliefs and spread them among other settlers, making the Middle colonies a more accepting, region. Even though the Middle colonies were

After the first few struggling settlements in the New World progressed, more and more colonies sprung from the untested North American soil. Eventually, there were three main categories to the European colonies. They were each unique, although one certain class stood in stark contrast to the other two. This group, the Middle colonies, was a halfway point between the New England and Southern colonies – and not just geographically. The Middle colonies extracted parts of its neighbors, like farming habits and spiritual sects, but the middle group managed to retain its own flavor.

Racial stereotypes are things where a person talks about how the other person’s race is. It describes all the “nasty” things in another person’s race. It’s basically gossiping about someone else’s race and ethnicity. Back then, in that time period, there were high amounts of racism and stereotypes, so in that case, a lot of African American people were most likely convicted for doing something they didn’t do. Even though the court is supposed to equally convict or release people who have commited a crime whether it’s Black or White people.

In the New World, various resources, climates, and considerable amounts of land allowed numerous opportunities for settlers. Those who once yearned to climb the social ladder or gain the freedoms bestowed from land ownership flocked toward the newfound settlements. Colonization proved to be a grueling task; however, success was found after adapting to the new environment and facing many hardships. Two colonies established early in the seventeenth century included Virginia and New England. Both Virginia and New England were forerunning settlements that differed in the following senses: political, social, and economical.

In the world of Appalachia, stereotypes are abundant. There are stories told of mountaineers as lazy, bewildered, backward, and yet happy and complacent people. Mountain women are seen as diligent, strong, hard willed, and overall sturdy and weathered, bearing the burden of their male counterparts. These ideas of mountain life did not come out of thin air; they are the direct product of sensational nineteenth century media including print journalism and illustrative art that has continuously mislead and wrongfully represented the people of Appalachia. These stories, written and told by outsiders, served very little purpose to Appalachian natives other than means of humiliation and degradation. They served mostly to convince readers of the

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The middle colonies were extremely diverse in their demographics. Pennsylvania, founded by William Penn, is an excellent example of a proprietary colony. It was established by William Penn as a haven for Quakers in the New World. Penn stated “I shall not at this time make it my Business to manifest the Inconsistency that there is between the Christian Religion, and a forced Uniformity…” (Source 1). New York was a mixture of immigrant groups such as Dutch, Belgians, French, English, Swedes, Finns, etc. This meant that there was a mixture of religions. New Jersey was also a combination of settlers. In the middle colonies grains were prominent. These required very little labor to harvest compared to tobacco or rice. These colonies also had a timber industry and fur trade. In addition, there was a large population of Quaker immigrants who were opposed to slavery. Even further north, you have an economy based on trade and fisheries. As these industries include slavery, there is a much smaller amount of it than there was in the south. Carolina also traded guns and other valuable items with the Indians. Quakers in Pennsylvania use religious policies to govern. They believed in the individual conscience as well as religious freedom and personal morality. Penn’s Frame of

Regions of the Middle colonies such as Philadelphia was occupied by Quakers who influenced their religion in the area. Individuals of German descent who had occupied some areas of the Middle Colonies became the most skilled farmers in the colony.

The four Middle Colonies consisted a mix of both northern and southern features. In this region Dutch and German were the majority and the English colonists were in the minority. The geography of the Middle Colonies had a mix of the New England and Southern features. So it had the fertile soil and land that was suited to farming. Good farmland, timber, furs and coal. Iron ore was a particularly important natural resource. Unlike the northern colonies the Religion was not dominated by a specific religion. There were other religions like Catholics, Lutherans, and Jews. The economy of Middle Colonies was booming because it was the food producing region Food like corn, wheat, beef and pork was exported in other colonies . There were also other

There were many different events happening to the Middle colonies in the 16th and 17th centuries. One man, William Penn, wanted to found a colony for Quakers. Quakers made up one of the largest religious groups in New Jersey. According to White (2012), “In 1681 King Charles the Second agreed to grant Penn a charter to begin a colony west of New Jersey.” It was named Pennsylvania.

The Middle Colonies consisted of characteristics of both the New England and Southern Society that created an industrious and profitable environment for conducting trade more than for harboring personal beliefs. New York was initially set up as a Dutch colony but was taken over by the English because of its interest in the economic opportunities that it offered. New York was founded for the purpose of fur trading. Although their primary emphasis was on economy, their diverse demography also tolerated various populations. Pennsylvania was founded by the Quakers under the leadership of William Penn. He established the colony in order to conduct his "Holy Experiment" for religious toleration. The original plan that was never realized was to create a society that provided capricious rule. Sawmills and gristmills were abundant and the textile industry grew rapidly. The

In a freezing class, two brilliant minds unlocked the fiery passion that is their talent one an artist the other a writer. Bringing to light a history long forgotten creating abstract thoughts arbitrary to our own. Komi Olaf the artist and Okey Ndibe the writer not only enlightening the class but also the world with each brush stroke and each word. Every creation stemming from the hands of these masters tell of issues at the heart of Africa from colonialism to existential dilemmas. Thru spoken word, hip-hop, art, music, poems and literature issues close at heart to the artists and to Africa are portrayed. This paper will focus on the art exhibit by Komi Olaf and Foreign Gods inc by Okey Ndibe as spoken by them during their discussion in the class on October 13th. Where the talks focused on the key course objectives being stereotypes, post-colonialism, youth culture, and resistance.

As we’ve talked about in class before, there were different social classes in Europe in the past. The social classes were determined based on job standings, amount of money one had, location of home and the part of town that one lived in, and ultimately appearance of oneself. If you were pale with nice clothing it was assumed you were very wealthy and did not have to work. While if your skin was tan from the sun and your clothes were dirty it was assumed you were poor. Is this a form of what we now call stereotyping? I would say yes, the people judged and grouped people based on their appearance and where they lived. This then led to the different estates or hierarchy that we learn about in Europe.