People
This Quaker received a charter for Pennsylvania and wanted people to live together peacefully.
William Penn
A safe place; another word from the study guide for where people might go to be safe.
Refuge
The nickname for the Middle Colonies because they grew a lot of wheat, corn, and rye.
Breadbasket Colonies
Name one thing Benjamin Franklin printed or published
Poor Richard’s Almanack or the Pennsylvania Gazette
Name all four middle colonies:
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
He wrote Poor Richard’s Almanack and started the first public library in Pennsylvania.
Benjamin Franklin
The right for a person to be tried by a group of citizens to decide guilt or innocence.
Trial by jury
Cities that were located by rivers so goods could be floated from port to port are called this.
Port cities
He set up this volunteer group to protect Philadelphia from attacks.
Militia
What is Ms. Olson's middle name....
Lynn
This leader of the Lenni Lenape met with William Penn and had a peaceful relationship with him.
Tamanend
A person who comes into a country to make a new life.
Immigrant
Give one reason immigrants came to the middle colonies
Escape war; find religious freedom; better economic opportunities (any one accepted)
Benjamin Franklin started the first trained group for fighting fires in the colonies. True or False?
True
What river is in Pennsylvania?
Delaware River
The king who gave William Penn the charter because he owed money to Penn’s father.
King Charles II
A craftworker who makes things by hand.
Artisan
What does "Pennsylvania" mean?
“Penn’s Woods”
Name two civic contributions Franklin made listed in the study guide
First PA college; first PA public library (any two of: set up militia, first trained firefighting company, printed the Gazette, wrote Poor Richard’s Almanack, founded first PA college, founded first PA public library, raised money to help build first hospital)
What river is in New York?
Hudson River
Name someone from the study guide who helped build or protect the community in Pennsylvania.
Benjamin Franklin
A word from the study guide that means acceptance of people’s different religious beliefs.
Religious toleration
Name three crops mentioned in the study guide that made the Middle Colonies the "Breadbasket Colonies."
Wheat, corn, rye
Explain in one sentence how Benjamin Franklin helped the community in Philadelphia
Example answer: "He set up a militia and the first trained firefighting company, printed newspapers and wrote Poor Richard’s Almanack, and helped found a college and public library."
What is the chapter we are discussing and how many lessons have we completed?
Chapter 6 - 3 lessons