Ch. 6, Lesson 2: Life in the Middle Colonies

People who lived in the Middle Colonies were all from the same place.

• True

• False

What does Philadelphia mean?

• "distance from England"

• "brotherly love"

• "William Penn"

• "land of freedom"

What do you call a person who comes into a country to make a new life?

• exporter

• nomad

• immigrant

• diversity

Select THREE reasons why immigrants came to the Middle Colonies.

• to escape war

• for religious freedom

• to have stricter rules

• for better opportunities

What was the new religious movement of the 1720s called?

• religious toleration

• the Great Awakening

• William Penn's religion

• Religious Expansion

Unlike the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies were home to many different religious groups.

• True

• False

Who was the owner of the Pennsylvania Colony?

• Jonathan Edwards

• George Whitefield

• Benjamin Franklin

• William Penn

Who set up the first firefighting company in the English colonies?

• Benjamin Franklin

• William Penn

• George Whitefield

• Jonathan Edwards

What do you call a volunteer army?

• prosperity

• militia

• diversity

• immigrant

Who said: "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise"?

• William Penn

• Benjamin Franklin

• Tecumseh

• Jonathan Edwards