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Middle Colonies
History Middle Colonies Study Stack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the Middle Colonies? | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware |
| Who was New York originally settled by? | The Dutch traders |
| Why was New York settled? | England wanted to land between the New England Colonies and Virginia |
| Who was New York founded by? | Duke of York (King Charles II's brother) |
| What kind of colony was New York? (what is that colony?) | Proprietary colony (settlers had to rent or by land from the owners) |
| What kind of religion could New York have? | They had freedom of religion |
| Which colony was originally part of New York? | New Jersey |
| What was New York originally called? | New Netherlands |
| Who found Pennsylvania? | William Penn |
| How did William Penn get Pennsylvania? | King Charles was in debt to his father |
| Who was a quaker and what colony did he belong to? | William Penn and Pennsylvania |
| Which colony was originally part of Pennsylvania? | Delaware |
| How were the Quakers able to worships in Pennsylvania? | Freely |
| Who designed the city of Philadelphia? | William Penn |
| Who wrote Pennsylvania's constitution? | William Penn |
| Which religious colony leader wanted to conduct a "Holy Experiment"? | William Penn |
| Which colony demanded that Indians be paid for their land? | Pennsylvania |
| What kind of government did Pennsylvania have? | Representative government |
| What colony founder was a quaker? | William Penn |
| Who found New Jersey? | Sir George Carteret, Lord John Berkeley |
| The Proprietors of New Jersey promised what? | Freedom of religion Representative Government Large tracts of land |
| What kind of colony was New Jersey? | Royal Colony |
| What is a royal colony? | A type of colony what a governor was appointed by the king |
| Who was Delaware founded by? | William Penn |
| What kind of colony was Delaware? | Independent colony? |