The Middle Colonies, Lesson 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Name the present day states that made up the New England Colonies. | Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Conneticut and Rhode Island. acronym--(M,V,NH,M,C, RI) |
| Name the present day states that made up the Middle Colonies. | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware acronym--(NY, NJ, P, D) |
| The Middle Colonies attracted people from where? | Many countries and many religious backgrounds. |
| As English colonies grew--WHO continued to control the New Netherlands? | The Dutch |
| Who decided that the New Netherlands should-- BE MADE PART OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES? | King Charles II |
| The colonies of New Netherland and New York were combined and named what? For whom? | New York---- for the---- Duke of York. |
| What did Willam Penn receive from the King of England? | A CHARTER for a new colony---A PROPRIETARY COLONY.--Penn could own and rule this colony. |
| What was Penn's new colony named? | Pennsylvania----(means)---"Penn's woods". |
| What "society" did Penn belong to? | Society of Friends. |
| What was the "Society of Friends"? | A religious grop also know as QUAKERS. |
| What were Penn's beliefs for his colony? | 1.) Freedom of Religion 2.) In Pennslyvania they could worship as they pleased. 3)They could have other freedoms: freedom of speech, and the right to trial by jury. |
| What attracted many settlers to Pennsylvania? | Cheap land and the promise of religious freedom. |
| Penn also founded-- Philiadelphia---what does this word mean? | Greek for "BROTHERLY LOVE" |
| Many immigrants sailed into the port of Philidelphia--Where was this port? | Delaware River |
| What did most immigrants do, for a living, that settled in the Pennsylvania and other Middle Atlantic Colonies? | Farmed (Fruit, Vegetables, and many kind of Grains) |
| What were the Middle Atlantic Colonies known for-- and called? | Known for crops for making bread and were called the "BREAD BASKET COLONIES". |
| What would the farmers do, after harvest ,in the MIDDLE ATLANTIC COLONIES? | Take extra crops to market towns and trade their crops for imports. |
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