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The Middle Atlantic Colonies were known as the -
What is Breadbasket Colonies
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In what colony did the Quakers settle?
What is New Jersey
100
What system did Penn develop in Philadelphia? (Hint: we use it in Math)
What is the grid system
100
What famous inventor left a strong mark on Philadelphia?
What is Benjamin Franklin
100
Which way did settlers from Pennsylvania move toward the backcountry?
What is WEST
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Farmers depended on ________ as places to trade their surplus farm produce. A: crops B: market towns C: breakbasket colonies D: agriculture
What is B: market towns
200
Philadelphia's location near good land and ______ was one reason it became Pennsylvania's main port. A: waterways B: wagon roads C: oceans
What is A: waterways
200
The English and the ________ who came with William Penn were the largest group of immigrants in Philadelphia. A: Puritans B: Pilgrims C: Catholics D: Quakers
What is D: Quakers
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The land between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains is called the - A: frontier B: backcountry C: Great Wagon Route
What is B: backcountry
200
Backcountry family members all had to do jobs or chores such as, - A: chopping wood B: hunting C: candle making D: all of the above
What is D: all of the above
300
True or False: William Penn wanted only Quakers to settle in Pennsylvania
What is FALSE
300
Settlers in the backcountry planted in the Indian way, with corn, beans, and squash all growing from the same mound
What is TRUE
300
True or False: The first group of Jews in North America settled in New Amsterdam.
What is TRUE
300
True or False - The Dutch settlers fiercely fought off the English who were trying to invade New Netherland
What is FALSE
300
Benjamin Franklin organized the first trained firefighting company in the colonies
What is TRUE
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The Dutch called their colony in North America - A: New York B: Dutch West India C: New Netherland D: Delaware
What is C: New Netherland
400
The Society of Friends, or Quakers, believed that - A: the Church of England must be purified B: people are basically good and violence is wrong C: land cannot be owned by anyone
What is B: people are basically good and violence is wrong
400
The name Pennsylvania means - A: "Penn's colony" B: "Penn's woods" C: "at the big hill" in the Algonquian language
What is B: "Penn's woods"
400
An immigrant is a - A: product or material brought into a country B: person who comes to a country to make a new home there C: person who moves from place to place, often selling goods
What is B: person who comes to a country to make a new home there
400
The right of people accused of breaking the law to be tried by a group of fellow citizens is called - A: right to trial by jury B: right to refuge C: the Great Awakening
What is A: right to trial by jury
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The English wanted control of the Dutch colony because - A: The English colonies wanted to expand in the direction of the Dutch colony B: The Dutch did not follow the Puritan church C: The Dutch threatened to seize English ships
What is A: The English colonies wanted to expand in the direction of the Dutch colony
500
One contribution that German immigrants did not introduce was - A: the Conestoga wagon B: the Pennsylvania rifle C: barn-raising D: the subscription library
What is D: the subscription library
500
The book that Benjamin Franklin published each year with a calendar, weather forecasts, stories, jokes, and wise sayings was called - A: The Pennsylvania Gazette B: The Philadelphia Journal C: Poor Richard's Almanac
What is C: Poor Richard's Almanac
500
The foothills between the lowlands along the Atlantic coast and the Appalachian Mountains were called - A: the Chesapeake Bay B: the Coastal Plain Region C: the Piedmont
What is C: the Piedmont
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How did many settlers reach the backcountry? A: by canoeing up rivers from the coast B: by trains C: by following the Great Wagon Road from Pennsylvania D: by traveling roads that colonial proprietors cut through mountain passes
What is C: by following the Great Wagon Road from Pennsylvania