THE MIDDLE COLONIES

A colony controlled directly by the King of England

• Manhattan
• proprietary colony
• royal colony
• backcountry

Frontier region extending from Pennsylvania to Georgia

• Duke of York
• proprietary colony
• royal colony
• backcountry

Colony granted by a monarch to a family or individual

• Manhattan
• proprietary colony
• royal colony
• backcountry

Quaker who founded a colony he considered a "holy experiment"

• Manhattan
• William Penn
• James, Duke of York

New York is the farthest _________ of the Middle Colonies.

• South
• North
• West

Quakers were among the first in England to speak out _____________ slavery.

• in support of
• against

In 1704, Delaware _________ Pennsylvania.

• united with
• separated from

What country originally had control of New York, Delaware, and New Jersey before the English took over?

• Dutch/Netherlands
• French
• Spanish

The Pennsylvania Dutch were actually _____________ immigrants.

• German
• Scottish

Who gave James, the Duke of York, permission to take control of all Dutch land in North America?

• King Ferdinand
• King Charles II