Geography
What is the region known for fertile soil ideal for farming?
What are the Middle Colonies?
Who established Pennsylvania?
Who is William Penn?
Why did many Quakers settle in New Jersey?
What is to find a safe place to worship freely?
What was the main crop grown in the Middle Colonies?
What is wheat?
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
Who was a prominent Philadelphian known for his contributions to the city and the colonies?
What are the two major rivers that facilitated trade in the Middle Colonies?
What are the Hudson and Delaware Rivers?
What two colonies were formed from New Netherland?
What are New York and New Jersey?
What is an immigrant?
What is a person who comes to a new country to settle?
What were gristmills used for?
What is grinding grain into flour?
What did William Penn want for Native Americans?
What is fair treatment and peaceful coexistence?
What type of climate did the Middle Colonies have that benefited agriculture?
What is a temperate climate with warm summers?
What was the population of New Netherland in the 1640s?
What is approximately 2,000 people?
What are two groups of people who settled in the Middle Colonies?
What are (Quakers, Dutch settlers, German settlers, Swedish settlers, Irish settlers, Jewish immigrants)?
Why were port cities important to the economy?
What is because they were major trade centers for goods and resources?
Who was the leader of the Great Awakening?
Who is George Whitefield?
What geographical feature contributed to the Middle Colonies being called the "breadbasket"?
What are the rich farmlands that produced grains?
What was the Frame of Government of Pennsylvania William Penn established?
What is a plan of government that established a legislature and guaranteed rights for citizens?
How did the diversity of the Middle Colonies affect its culture?
What is it created a rich mix of traditions and religious practices?
How did artisans learn their trades?
What is by becoming apprentices under skilled craftsmen?
Who was Tamanend?
Who was a Lenni Lenape leader who formed a peace treaty with William Penn?
What is the significance of New York City’s location for trade?
What is that it is located at the mouth of the Hudson River, providing access to the Atlantic Ocean?
What was the significance of the Great Awakening?
What is that it increased religious tolerance and participation among different groups?
What role did religion play in the Middle Colonies?
What is it was central to social life and community organization?
What were some benefits of living in the Middle Colonies?
What are economic opportunities, religious freedom, and social diversity?
Who was Peter Stuyvesant?
Who was the governor of New Netherland before it was taken over by the English?