Vocabulary
People in Virginia ____________ had the power to make and change laws.
What is legislature?
William Penn was the founder of this colony. He wanted to create a colony where all Christians could live together in peace?
What is Pennsylvania?
What events led to the founding of New York and New Jersey?
England captured New Netherland.
the king gave the land to the Duke of York.
the duke gave part of it to the founders of New Jersey.
Colonists were able to decide what crops and goods they wanted to produce in a ______________.
What is a free market economy?
Cecilius Calvert was the founder of this colony and he wanted to make a refuge for Catholics.
What is Maryland?
Why did the Middle Colonies have such a diverse population?
because the proprietors believed in religious tolerance and the land was inexpensive.
A ___________ was chosen by the colonists to speak and act for them in the House of Burgesses.
What is representative?
James Oglethorpe was the founder. He wanted to have a place for poor British people and debtors.
What is Georgia?
Who could vote and be elected to Virginia's House of Burgesses?
planters and white men who owned property.
What was the Toleration Act in Maryland?
Describe one thing that enslaved Africans did to survive life under slavery?
formed close ties, created a community, adopted Christianity.