Colonies 1
Colonies 2
People of the Middle Colonies
The Middle Colonies
Vocabulary
100
Name the four Middle Colonies.
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
100
What is another name for the Middle Colonies?
The Mid-Atlantic Colonies
100
Who founded Pennsylvania?
William Penn
100
What did people call the Middle Colonies because they grew so much wheat?
The Breadbasket Colonies
100
What is a covered wagon?
Conestoga
200
What colony is known as New Netherland?
New York
200
What colony was known as New Sweden?
Delaware
200
Which colony was named after Lord de la Warr?
Delaware
200
What are wheat, cattle, and iron?
Crops
200
Which group of people were known as peaceful, thought everyone was good, and never fought or carried guns?
The Quakers
300
What colony did New Jersey start out as a part of?
New York
300
What colony is known as New Amsterdam?
New York
300
What colony is named after the Duke of York?
New York
300
What was the main reason William Penn wanted to come to Pennsylvania?
Religious Freedom
300
What are people who come to live in a country after leaving their country?
Immigrants
400
Which two colonies did the Dutch settle?
New Jersey & New York
400
Which colony was founded as a haven for Quakers?
Pennsylvania
400
Who became governor of New York in 1647, who also had a wooden leg?
Peter Stuyvesant
400
List a few common jobs in the Middle Colonies.
Farming, trading, flour milling, shipping, rifle making
400
Who made tubs, barrels, and buckets?
Coopers
500
What is the name of the Native Americans in the Middle Colonies?
Iroquois
500
Which two colonies were settled by Swedish people?
Pennsylvania & Delaware
500
Who claimed New York & New Jersey?
Henry Hudson
500
List some features of the Middle Colonies geography.
Good soil, large rivers, hardwood trees
500
What is a general store that sold imports or goods brought in from other countries?
Market Town
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