Geography & Climate
This region provided religious freedom for a religious group called the Quakers in one of the 4 colonies. can you name the 4 colonies in this region?
Delaware,Pennsylvania,New York,New Jersey
the middle colonies contained two things that were great to grow crops what were they?
Long growing season,Fertile soil
The colony was controlled by who? Who was controlled by the king?
Governer
Why might a young adult/apprentice go to a older wiser master to be a apprentice?
To learn a trade
why is William Penn considered important in the middle colonies?
He founded Pennsylvania to give to the Quakers,which was a safe place to live
What was main thing they did in the middle colonies to make money?
Agriculture/farming
citizens elected representatives in the middle colonies to attend these meetings called colonial legislatures to do what for the citizens at the meetings?
Speak for them
why was the middle colonies a religiously free place unlike the New England colonies ?
William Penn insisted on freedom in Pennsylvania.The idea spread throughout the colonies
What was the common nickname given to the middle colonies because of the crops they grew?
Breadbasket colonies
How did Ben Franklin make a impact on the middle colonies?
He was a inventor and postmaster in philadelphia