| Question |
Answer |
| What did the Dutch call their colony in North America? | New Netherland |
| Why did the English want control of the Dutch colony? | The English colonies wanted to expand. |
| The Society of Friends, or Quakers, believed that people are basically | Good |
| Quakers believed that violence is | wrong |
| What does the name Pennsylvania mean? | Penn's Woods |
| The right of people accused of breaking the law to be tried by a group of fellow citizens is called | Trial by Jury |
| A person who comes to a country to make a new home there is called an | immigrant |
| Immigrants from this country were responsible for the Conestoga wagon, the Pennsylvania rifle, and barn raising. | Germany |
| The book that Benjamin Franklin published each year with a calendar, weather forcasts, stories, jokes, adn wise sayings was called what? | Poor Richard's Almanac |
| The foothills between the lowlands along the Atlantic coast and the Appalachian Mountains were called what? | Piedmont |
| Many settlers reached the backcountry by following the | Great Wagon Road |
| William Penn allowed Delaware Indians and colonists to settle along with the Quakers in what colony? | Pennsylvania |
| Planting corn, beans, and squash all in the same mound is planting in what way? | The Indian way |
| The first group of Jews in North America settled where? | New Amsterdam |
| Who organized the first trained firefighting company in the colonies? | Benjamin Franklin |
| A safe place | refuge |
| fairness | justice |
| Grains, fruits, adn vegetables for sale. | Farm produce |
| A religious movement started by a Dutch minister in the Middle Atlantic Colonies that called for greater freedom of choice in religion. | The Great Awakening |
| An area of land | Township |
| A person who comes into a country to make a new home | Immigrant |
| A volunteer army | militia |
| A yearly calendar and weather forecast that helps farmers know when to plant crops. | almanac |
| The land between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains | backcountry |
| The part of a house located between the ceiling and the roof. | Loft |
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