Unit 3 Lesson 7

The members of a religious group who often faced religious persecution and came to North America looking for religious freedom.

• Pilgrims

• Puritans

• Quakers

In the 1600's the Dutch founded a colony called....

• New Netherlands

• New York

• New Jersey

New Netherlands was in the Hudson River Valley. England thought of the colony as a threat, declared war on _______, and took over its colony.

• Holland

• France

• Sweden

• Italy

New Netherlands became the colonies of___ ____ and ___ ______.

• New York and Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania and New Jersey

• New Jersey and Delaware

• New York and New Jersey

Middle colonies are also known as _____ ______ ________ since grains were grown there.

• Wheat Making colonies

• Bread Basket Colonies

• Whaling colonies

People from many different countries and of many different religions lived in New Amsterdam, which eventually became....

• New York City

• New Jersey

• Pennsylvania

• Delaware

Which groups of people came to call the Middle Colonies home...

• Dutch, French, English, Greek

• Dutch, French, Swedish, Flemish, Italian, Spanish

• Russian, English, Arabic, Spanish

• ONLY English

Which colony?

The King of England told his brother, the Duke of York, that he could have this colony, which originally belonged to the Dutch, if he could take it over.

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• New Jersey

• Delaware

Which colony?

William Penn planned this colony carefully, designed a frame of government that provided a legislature and several rights. This colony became home to many European immigrants.

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• New Jersey

• Delaware

Which colony?

This region was divided into two and split between the Duke of York's two friends, Lord Berkeley and Sir Carteret. They promised settlers many benefits for colonizing including cheap land, representative government, and freedom of religion.

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• New Jersey

• Delaware