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Gr 4 History Ch 6
Grade 4 History Ch 6 Checkup
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the Middle Colonies | New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania |
| List the Southern Colonies | Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia |
| What explorer was hired to explore New York for the Dutch? | Henry Hudson |
| What three countries claimed New York? | Holland (or the Netherlands), France, England |
| Who explored norther New York for France? | Samuel de Champlain |
| What man claimed all of North America for England? | John Cabot |
| What did the Dutch call New York City? | New Amsterdam |
| What fiery Dutch governor did not want to surrender to the British? | Peter Stuyvesant |
| Who settled New Jersey? | the Dutch |
| Who gave New Jersey its name? | Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley |
| What colony was founded by William Penn | Pennsylvania |
| What was the first settlement in that colony? | Chester |
| What important city in Pennsylvania did William Penn personally design? | Philadelphia |
| What does Philadelphia mean? | "the city of brotherly love" |
| Which colony had a group of representatives called the House of Burgesses? | Virginia |
| What colony was founded as a refuge for Catholics? | Maryland |
| Whose idea was it to begin the colony of Maryland? | George Calvert |
| What two ships brought the first settlers to Maryland? | the Ark and the Dove |
| What was the first settlement in Maryland? | St. Mary's |
| What was the first settlement in Carolana? | Charles Town |
| What is indigo? | a valuable blue dye produced in South Carolina |
| What is a plantation? | a large farm found in the Southern Colonies |
| What kind of people settled Georgia? | poor people and prisoners |
| Who founded Georgia? | James Oglethorpe |
| What was the first settlement in Georgia? | Savannah |
| What famous preacher went to Georgia to start America's first orphanage? | George Whitefield |