1.4 Middle Colonies

New Netherlands was ruled by the ______. When the colony was renamed New York it was ruled by the ______.

• Spanish, French
• French, Dutch
• Dutch, English
• English, Dutch

What three things was New York busy doing under British (English) rule?

• trading, building ships, and growing the economy
• trading, cleaning the parks, and building ships
• learning a new language, growing the economy, and trading
• building ships, trading, and getting new jobs

This person created the colony of Pennsylvania to give people religious freedom and economic opportunities?

• King Charles II

• William Penn

• Anglicans

• Schuykill

William Penn called his colony the ____________________, a place where all settlers could worship in peace.

• Holy Experiment

• First Frame of Government

• Quakers

• Penn's Woods

The economy of the Middle Colonies was centered around all of the following activities except...

• Ship Building

• Banking

• Grain Production

• Tobacco Farming

A single German immigrant looking to start working in the banking industry is most likely to settle...

• South Carolina

• New York

• Massachusetts

• Virginia

The agreement Pilgrims made to govern themselves and make fair laws is called the........

• Declaration of Independence
• Church of England
• Separatists
• Mayflower Compact

Puritans who wanted to form their own church, and cut all ties with the Church of England.

• Separatists
• Puritans
• Sect
  Sect
• Catholics

Two of the best ports in the Mid-Atlantic colonies were

• Philadelphia and New York

• Boston and Plymouth

• Baltimore and Boston

• Charleston and Savannah

-Friendly to Native Americans

-Founded by Quakers

-Religious toleration

-Ethnic diversity

The above characteristics describe which colony?

• Pennsylvania

• Rhode Island

• Georgia

• Virginia