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Middle Colonies
Middle Colonies Jr. High
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What group of colonies were known for their diversity? | The Middle Colonies |
| The diversity of the Middle Colonies sometimes describes them as what? | A "melting pot" |
| Because of their fertile soil and favorable climate the Middle Colonies are also called what? | The "bread basket" of the colonies |
| The Middle Colonies were able to move their trade better than most colonies because of what? | Rivers |
| The Dutch settled along what river in the New World? | The Hudson River |
| What did the Dutch name their colony in the New World? | New Netherlands |
| What did they name the city that would later become New York? | New Amsterdam |
| How many Dutch families first came to the New World? | 30 |
| When was New Netherlands settled? | 1624 |
| Who became the first governor of New Netherlands? | Peter Minuit |
| How much did he pay to purchase Manhattan from the Indians? | 6 gilders 24 dollars then 1000 dollars now |
| Large land-grants given by the Dutch West Indies were called what? | patroonships |
| Large land owners in New Netherlands were called what? | patroons |
| How many families did a patroon have to bring to New Amsterdam? | 50 |
| Who became governor of New Netherlands in 1648? | Peter Stuyvesant |
| Describe Peter Stuyvesant. | He had a wooden leg, got angry easily, and ruled very strictly. |
| What Dutch merchant left inventories and wills so that we might see those things that were important to New Netherlands at the time? | Margrieta van Varick |
| What was unusual about van Varick? | She was a woman in business. |
| Where had she lived before coming to New Netherlands? | Malacca, Malaysia |
| What problems did Peter Stuyvesant have to deal with? | Smugglers, drunkards, people who were not very religious |
| Under the Dutch, who went to school? | girls and boys |
| How was school paid for? | taxes |
| When the English decided not to use the tax money for school, who took over education? | the church |
| What was the main religion of New Netherlands? | Dutch Reformed Church |
| To whom did the English King Charles give New Netherlands? | His brother, the Duke of York |
| How did the Duke take New Netherlands over? Why? | Without a fight...the Dutch would rather be ruled by the English |
| Why had the Dutch freed many of their slaves? | Because they were getting old and the Dutch did not want to care for them. |
| What was the fate of the children born to the freed slaves in New Netherlands? | they were slaves |
| Why were the freed slaves made to live outside the city? | To act as a buffer between the English/Indians and the Dutch |
| Who did the Duke of York give land to? | Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley |
| What was Carteret and Berkeley's colony named? | New Jersey |
| Where was the original Jersey? | an island in the English Channel where Carteret was governor |
| What did Carteret and Berkeley promise settlers who came to their colony? | cheap land, freedom of worship, and a measure of self-government |
| What happened when problems came to this colony? | It split into East Jersey and West Jersey. |
| What is a royal colony? | one ruled by the king |
| What is a charter colony? | one ruled by a company |
| What is a proprietary colony? | colony ruled by someone who was given the land as a gift |
| Why did the king give Penn's father some land? | He owed him money. |
| What does Pennsylvania mean? | Penn's Woods |
| What religious group did Penn take to Pennsylvania? | The Quakers |
| What did the Quakers believe? | viewed men as equal didn't swear oaths or fight in wars believed in an "inner light" |
| What does Philadelphia mean? | "City of Brotherly love |
| Penn called his colony what? | A "Holy Experiment" |
| What other hard working group came to Pennsylvania seeking religious freedom? | Pennsylvania Deutsche |
| Where were the Pennsylvania Deutsche from? | Germany |
| What two modern religious groups come from the Pennsylvania Deutsche? | Amish Mennonites |
| Penn's land contained land that had been settled earlier by who? | The Swedes |
| What did these people call their colony? | New Sweden |
| What did they call their capital? Why? | Fort Christina for the queen of Sweden |
| What great contribution did these Swedish settlers give early colonists? | The log cabin |
| What Middle Colony city was by 1776 second only to London? | Philadelphia |
| Name foods one might have eaten in the Middle Colonies? | beef, pork, chickens, eggs, vegetables from garden, fruit, bread, venison, fish/sea food, mutton |
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