| Term | Definition |
|---|
| William Penn | founder of Pennsylvania; belonged to the Quakers |
| Philadelphia | capital city of Pennsylvania |
| Peter Stuyvesant | governor of New Netherland |
| New York | originally New Netherland - established because of the rivalry between the Netherlands and England |
| cash crop | crops that are sold for money at market |
| royal colony | a colony under the direct control of the English crown; New Jersey was one of these in 1702. |
| proprietary colony | land the king gave to one or more people in return for a yearly payment; land could be divided and rented to others |
| Quakers | Protestant reformers who believed that ALL people were equal in God's sight |
| Pennsylvania Dutch | German-speaking Protestants who arrived in Pennsylvania |
| patroons | owners of hugh estates in New Netherland |
| Hudson River | New Netherland was established along this river |
| Delaware River | New York originally stretched as far south as this river |
| New Jersey | established because the Duke of York gave land to his friends in 1664 |
| Lord Berkeley & Sir George Carteret | friends of the Duke of York; they established New Jersey |
| Delaware | before it became its own colony, it was part of Pennsylvania |
| counties | the center of local government in the Middle Colonies |
| German settlers | developed the wood-burning stove, better than a fireplace for heating homes |
| Swedish settlers | built log cabins |
| Bread Basket | nickname for the Middle Colonies because there were many farms that grew grain and wheat |
| Melting Pot | nickname for the Middle Colonies because of the diverse population of European settlers |
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