Middle Colonies (Study Island)

In Colonial America, which geographic feature made it easier for people from the original 13 colonies to reach territory west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Mississippi River

• Pacific Ocean

• Great Lakes

• Lake Champlain

In Colonial America, which geographic feature made it easier for people from the original 13 colonies to reach territory west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Mississippi River

• Pacific Ocean

• Great Lakes

• Lake Champlain

How was the colony of Pennsylvania founded?

• William Penn bought the land for the colony.

• William Penn asked King Charles II for a charter.

• William Penn fought local Indians for the land.

• William Penn took the land from the French.

In the early 17th century, the Dutch started the colony of New Netherland in the area now known as New York. What was the major goal of the Dutch who settled in this colony?

• to escape political persecution

• to earn a profit from trading and farming

• to convert Native Americans to Christianity

• to have religious freedom

Before it became an English colony, who controlled New York?

• the Irish

• the Dutch

• the Spanish

• the French

Why was the Pennsylvania colony started?

• so that the Puritans could practice their religion freely

• to grow tobacco

• to dig for gold

• so that the Quakers could practice their religion freely

Which of the following colonial settlements was owned and operated by the Dutch West India Company?

• Jamestown

• Boston

• Plymouth Plantation

• New Amsterdam

What was one reason why the Dutch founded New Netherland in the 1600s?

• as a place to trade tobacco with natives

• as a trading post for exchanging furs with Indigenous Peoples

• as a region for growing cotton and trading livestock

• as a place for exchanging goods with the Spanish settlers

Which of these became a staple crop in the Middle colonies?

• cotton

• soybeans

• wheat

• tobacco

What caused some European colonists to settle farther from coastlines and in mountainous regions?

• They had new technologies that allowed them to travel faster.

• They wanted to be further away from newer settlements.

• They wanted better access to a variety of natural resources.

• They wanted to have greater access to rivers and valleys.