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middle colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| William Penn | A wealthy English Quaker,received the land in payment for a debt king Charles owed Penn's father |
| Philadelphia | A name that means "city of brotherly love". |
| what company controlled New Netherland | The Dutch West India Company |
| England's King Charles gave the colony to who | the Duke of York |
| The Duke of York decided to | divide his colony |
| To attract settlers | The proprietors offered large tracts of land and also promised freedom of religion, trial by jury, and a representative assembly |
| Who were The Quakers | a Protestant group that had been persecuted in England, founded the colony of Pennsylvania |
| What were Quakers | pacifists |
| Pacifists | people who refuse to use force or fight in wars |
| What did Penn write | Pennsylvania's first constitution |
| What did Penn do with the Native Americans | He negotiated several treaties with local Native Americans. |
| What did Penn advertise | his colony throughout Europe |
| What did Penn grant colonist | the right to representatives to the legislature |
| In 1682 he sailed to America to supervise | The building of Philadelphia |
| Penn allowed these southern countries | to form their own legislature |