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Middle Colonies
History Middle Colonies Study Stack
Question | Answer |
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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? |