Middle Colonies

Who filled the growing labor needs for the Middle Colonies?

• skilled workers

• slaves

• indentured servants

• apprentices

What was the religious tradition of Penn and his followers that came to Pennsylvania?

• Puritan

• Anglican

• Quaker

• Shaker

Colonists who moved to Pennsylvania came in search of

• freedom (especially religious) and equality.

• wealth and status

• cheap labor and economic markets.

• an alternative to the debtors' prisons.

The _______ believed in a simple lifestyle and in treating all people equally. They refused to bow before the king, fight in wars, or pay taxes to the Church of England.

• Puritans

• English

• Pilgrims

• Quakers

City in Pennsylvania whose name is Greek for “City of Brotherly Love. ”

• Pittsburgh

• Philadelphia

• Pennsylvania

• New Amsterdam

Middle colony whose assembly passed a charter listing a number of rights that most colonists believed they deserved as English citizens. Among them were the right to elect their own lawmakers, the right to trial by jury, and the right to worship as they pleased.

• Delaware

• New Jersey

• New York

• Pennsylvania

How did the government of New York differ from the other colonies?

• It was self-governed.

• It was ruled by religious leaders.

• It was led by a powerful general assembly.

• It was ruled by a British-appointed governor.

William Penn's Great Law of 1682 guaranteed what to the people of Pennsylvania?

• Freedom to all slaves and indentured servants

• People of all faiths would be treated equally

• Both men & women enjoyed rights and could own land

• All citizens could vote

Which colony was first founded by the Dutch?

• Delaware

• New Jersey

• New York

• Pennsylvania

Who founded Pennsylvania?

• Duke of York

• George Berkeley

• Roger Williams

• William Penn