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6th SS Ch 6_s
6th grade social studies chapter 6_study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The middle colonies grew so many crops used in making break that they came to be called the _______ colonies. | Breadbasket |
| Peter Stuyvesant gave land on Manhatten to about 40 formerly _________. This new land became New Netherand's fir community of free Africans. | Enslaved People |
| Why did England want to control New Netherland? | To control the Atlantic Coast of North America |
| New York City used to be called? | New Amsterdam |
| The Quakers believed that all people were created _____. | Equal |
| Why did many Quakers settle in New Jersey? | It was their refuge. |
| Why did King Charles give Pennsylvania to William Penn? | He owed money to Penn's father |
| Penn wanted all people living in Pennsylvania to live together _____. | Peacefully |
| The Middle Colonies include: | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware |
| Why did people come to settle in the Middle Colonies? | Good land and freedom to practice religion. |
| Philadelphia city names means: | Brotherly Love |
| The Great Awakening change the way people _____ their religion. | Practiced |
| Unlike the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies were home to many different ______ groups. | Religious |
| The _______ were the first group to protest slavery in the English colonies. | Quakers |
| Philadelphia was a center of _____ and the largest city in the English Colonies. | Culture |
| The _______ added to the region's diversity. | Great Awakening |
| Benjamin Franklin earned his living as a _____. | Printer |
| Who said "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise" | Benjamin Franklin |
| Every market town has a _____, which ground grain into flour. | Gristmill |
| Farmers in the Middle Colonies traveled to _____ to sell or trade their livestock or crops. | Market Towns |
| _______ is the most important Port city. | New York City |
| The busiest port was ______ | Philadelphia |
| Most imports to the Middle Colonies came from ____. | England |
| The streets of port cities were filled with ______. | Sailors and sometimes pirates |
| For many immigrants, their first view of North America was a ______. | Port City |
| What jobs were most enslaved Africans forced to do in the Middle Colonies? | Artisans |
| What types of jobs did Artisans to? | Blacksmith, Coopers, Carpenters, Bricklayers |