Vocabulary
Resources
The land
People
Miscellaneous
100
An unsettled, or wilderness part of a colony
Backcountry
100
What were 2 of the 4 natural resources
Warm weather, good soil, forests, rivers
100
This area was where just enough food was grown for families.
Backcountry
100
He said, "early to bed, early to rise"
Benjamin Franklin
100
These two cities flourished in the middle colonies.
New York and Philidelphia
200
Allowing the freedom to practice any religion
Religious toleration
200
Rivers ran through the mountains through rolling hills. What's this term called?
Piedmont
200
"Pennsylvania" means this:
Penns woods
200
This man called his colony a, "holy experiment"
William Penn
200
This group came to the middle colonies against their will.
Slaves (or) African Americans
300
Someone who learns a trade working under a skilled craftsperson
Apprentive
300
This animal was the center for fur trading
Beaver
300
The middle colonies were known as this because of the large amount of wheat
Breadbasket colonies
300
This group of people thought that multiple religions should be allowed to be practiced.
Quakers
300
The rivers of the middle colonies flowed through these mountains.
The Appalachian's
400
A line of waterfalls going up and down the east coast
Fall line
400
Waterfalls powered these two mills:
Sawmills and gristmills
400
Thus city was based on a plan
Philadelphia
400
The owners of the land offered this to attract settlers. (Hint: not farmland)
Religious Toleration
400
Ben Franklin wrote sayings and proverbs in this book:
Poor Richards Almanac
500
The minimum needed in food and shelter to support life
Subsistence
500
Since lumber was readily available, these were popular buildings in the middle colonies.
Log cabins
500
This was the area (opposite of the backcountry) where a surplus of food was grown and sold
Settled areas
500
Name 2 groups that immigrated to the middle colonies.
Dutch, French, Germans
500
The Duke of York took land from these people and the new land became New York. Who were the people he took the land from? (A Country is their name)
Dutch
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