Geography & Climate
Fill in the blank: The Middle colonies are sometimes called the ______ of British North America.
breadbasket
Making laws for the colonies was who's job?
Colonial legislators.
Being a candle maker was one of the skills who could learn?
An apprentice.
What was a reason William Penn was important.
He gave Quakers a safe place to live, gave religious freedom to Pennsylvania, and founded Pennsylvania.
What was the main economic activity in the middle colonies?
Farming and agriculture.
The middle colonies was a great place to grow crops because...
the fertile soil and long growing season.
True or false: each colony had a governor controlled by the king of England.
True.
A young person would have become an apprentice to_
To learn a skill, craft, or trade.
Some important crops grown were _
Wheat, rye, barley, and corn.
Ben Franklin was a _ for the middle colonies.
Postmaster of Philadelphia and an inventor.