Middle Colonies

Which of these was originally called New Amsterdam?

• New Jersey
• New York
• Philadelphia
• Rhode Island

He designed the “City of Brotherly Love.”

• Sir George Carteret
• Oliver Cromwell
• William Penn
• Peter Stuyvesant

William Penn allowed some of Pennsylvania’s southern counties to function as a separate colony called

• Delaware
• New Amsterdam
• Philadelphia
• New P

surrendered to the English without a fight in 1664

• Duke of York
• Peter Stuyvesant
• William Penn
• John Berkeley

founded the colony of Pennsylvania

• Puritans
• Separatist
• Quakers
• Natives

someone who refuses to fight wars

• proprietor
• pacifist
• patroons
• indentured

the sole owner and ruler of a colony

• pacifist
• patroons
• proprietor
• indentured

True or False:

The Quakers believed that people of different beliefs could live together in harmony.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Middle Colonies had a longer growing season than the New England colonies which allowed them to grow

• Cash Crops

• Corn, beans, squash

• Rutabagas

• Asparagus

Because the Middle Colonies produced so much food, they became known as the

• "Breadbasket" colonies

• "High-Yielding" colonies

• "Prolific Pennsylvanians"

• "Fruitful Friends"