Colonies 1
What is another name for the Middle Colonies?
The Breadbasket Colonies.
What did people call the Middle Colonies because they grew so much grain?
"The Breadbasket"
What is a person who works 4-7 years learning a trade?
An apprentice
What colony is known as New Netherland?
New York
Representative
True or False? Colonists were able to elect their own representatives?
True
Why was the climate in the Middle Colonies excellent for farming?
Warm climate = long growing season
Which group of people were known as peaceful, thought everyone was good, and believed Christians should be free to worship their own way.
The Quakers
William Penn signed a ______ with the Lenni Lenape Indians when he bought land from them.
Treaty
Which colony became the center for trade?
Philadelphia
What was the main reason William Penn wanted to come to Pennsylvania?
Religious Freedom
What are people who do hard physical work called?
Laborers
England
Which colony was founded as a safe place for Quakers?
Pennsylvania
These men were selected by proprietors to be in charge of each colony.
Governors
What is is called when people not the government decided what will be produced?
Free market economy
Who made tubs, barrels, and buckets?
Coopers
Who allowed colonists to elect representatives to an assembly?
Proprietors
Why was the region of Pennyslvania named after William Penn?
It means "Penn's woods"
Name the 3 things Benjamin Franklin established (set up) in Philadelphia.
List some features of the Middle Colonies geography.
Good soil, large rivers, hardwood trees
why did proprietors allow religous tolerance?
They wanted people to buy or rent their land for farming, so they didn't care colonist's religous beliefs - as long as they got paid.