Chapter 6: Lesson 1 - The Middle Colonies

A safe place is a ____.

• proprietor

• refuge

Fairness means____

• refuge

• justice

The Dutch governor of New Netherland

• Duke of York

• William Penn

• Peter Stuyvesant

The Lenni Lenape chief who established peaceful relations with William Penn and the Pennsylvania colonists

• Peter Stuyvesant

• Tamanend

• Metacomet

The 4 Middle Colonies were:

• Jamestown, New York, Plymouth, New Jersey

• Pennsylvania, Plymouth, Rhode Island, Delaware

• Boston, Plymouth, Connecticut, Jamestown

• New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania

Why were the Middle Colonies better for farming?

• better land and climate

• more land and less rain

• fewer trees and rivers

Because they grew so many crops that were used for making bread, the Middle Colonies were known as:

• the bread colonies

• the wheat colonies

• the bread basket colonies

The Middle colonies had several ____ along the Atlantic Coast.

• harbors

• ships

• meeting houses

The English Quaker who founded Pennsylvania

• William Penn

• Duke of York

• Peter Stuyvesant

Who wanted to gain control of the Atlantic coast in order to have more land, natural resources and control the fur trade?

• William Penn

• Duke of York

• King Charles II