5th Grade: Studies Weekly - The Middle Colonies

The Middle Colonies were:

• New Jersey, New Mexico, New England

• New York, New Jersey, New England

• New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Maryland

• New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania

Which colony was founded by the English after American Indians killed the other European colonists who tried to settle there?

• New Hampshire

• New Jersey

• Virginia

• Delaware

"Poor Richard's Almanack" was _____________________.

• a New England primer

• a book on various subjects by Benjamin Franklin

• a book on flora and fauna by William Bartram

• a hornbook

The Zenger-Cosby trial in Colonial New York had the following effect:

• freedom of the press

• freedom of religion

• freedom of assembly

• freedom of speech

Colonial Pennsylvanian William Bartram studied ______________________.

• flowers in North America

• zebras in Zambia

• people in Pennsylvania

• animals in Australia

The Middle Colonies were known for _______________________.

• rocky soil

• religious tolerance

• Puritans and Pilgrims

• flora and fauna

The "Concession and Agreement" of Colonial New Jersey provided for _______________________.

• freedom of the press

• freedom of agreement

• freedom of religion

• the right to petition the government for the redress of grievances

The Amish are known for __________________________.

• studying flora and fauna

• trials by jury

• plain living without motorized machinery

• whaling

Delaware Colony was once the lower county of _______________________.

• New York

• New England

• Rhode Island

• Pennsylvania

Benjamin Franklin invented what musical instrument?

• piano

• glass armonica

• clarinet

• triangle