Vocabulary 1
Prosperity
Economic success
Diversity
Differences
What were the Middle Colonies commonly referred to as?
The "breadbasket" colonies
Philadelphia means ___________ ___________.
"brotherly love"
What does "justice" mean?
Fairness
Artisan
Craftworker
Immigrant
A person who comes into a country to make a new life
Which group of people refused to fight in wars?
Quakers
What was the name of the religious movement that happened in the Middle Colonies in the 1720s?
The Great Awakening
~Daily Double~
What did the Great Awakening do?
What were the three main crops in the Middle Colonies?
Wheat, Corn, and Rye
Apprentice
A young person who lived and worked with an artisan for several years to learn a skill
Refuge
A safe place
Who was the proprietor of Pennsylvania?
William Penn
The Middle Colonies were home to ____________.
a mix of people, cultures, and religions
Where did the Middle Colonies export goods to?
England
Militia
Volunteer army
Proprietor
Owner
Name the states that made up the Middle Colonies
New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania
Name the 3 main reasons that immigrants came to the Middle Colonies.
1. Escape war
2. Find religious freedom
3. Better economic opportunities
_________ made trade easier in the Middle Colonies.
The Hudson River
Religious toleration
Acceptance of religious differences
Trial by jury
A group of citizens that decides if a person is guilty or innocent of committing a crime
Penn paid the Lenni Lenape leaders for most of the land that King Charles II had given to him.
Benjamin Franklin was _______, ________, ________, and ________.
inventor, scientist, writer, printer
Name at least three imports from England to the Middle Colonies
Furniture, Tea, Gunpowder, Medicines, Metals, Enslaved Africans