Middle Colonies

During colonial times who often served as the town doctor?

• the minister at the local church

• the teacher at the community school

• the midwife who helped deliver babies

• the local barber

The Society of Friends were also known as the ____.

• Pilgrims

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Swedes

Which of the following is not true about the Quakers?

• the group's founder was George Fox

• people could worship according to their beliefs and not need to rely on a preacher to guide them

• believed in the equality of society

• took off their hats in the presence of their superiors

The Quakers were one of the first groups to fight to abolish _______.

• slavery

• voting rights for women

• indentured servitude

• equal opportunities for education

Which of the following is not in the Middle Colonies?

• Rhode Island

• Delaware

• New York

• Pennsylvania

Why are the Middle Colonies considered the breadbasket of the colonies?

• Wheat, Rye, Barley major crops

• the land and climate provided great conditions for agriculture

• much of the agriculture were cash crops that helped feed the other colonies as well as England

• all of these are correct

He emerged as a writer, printer, and inventor in the Middle Colonies.

• John Berkeley

• Thomas Jefferson

• William Penn

• Ben Franklin

What natives sold much of their land in the Middle Colonies?

• Delaware

• Lenape

• Powhatan

• Iroquois

How did the Middle Colonies become so diverse?

• religious freedom attracted many different people to the colonies

• previous colonists from Sweden and the Netherlands remained after the English took control

• people had more individual freedoms here

• all of the above

Proprietary colonies are ____.

• colonies that were given to individuals to run as they saw fit

• colonies that were claimed by more than one country

• colonies given to the Dutch East India Company

• those that were created for protestants