Social Studies Weekly, Week 10 Benjamin Franklin

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 colonist who tried to settle there?

• New Hampshire

• New Jersey

• Virginia

• Delaware

"Poor Richard's Almamack" 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 assembly

• freedom of speech

• freedom of religion

• Freedom of the press

The Amish are known for ____________.

• studying flora and fauna

• trials by jury

• living without motorized machinary

• whaling

Colonial Pennsylvanian William Bartram studied __________.

• animals in Australia

• flowers in North America

• zebras in Zambia

• people in Pennsylvania

The Middle Colonies were known for ____________.

• rocky soil

• religious tolerance

• Puritans and Pilgrims

• flora and fauna

Benjamin Franklin invented what musical instrument?

• piano

• glass harmonica

• clarinet

• triangle

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

Delaware Colony was once the lower county of _________.

• New York

• New England

• Rhode Island

• Pennsylvania