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| Answer |
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| 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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