5th Quiz: Settling the Middle Colonies

Write your first and last name:

Choose the best answer. Why did the English want New Netherland?

• because New Netherland was filled with natural resources.
• because New Netherland was a large territory.
• because New Netherland was a successful colony.
• because English was already spoken in New Netherland.

Choose the BEST answer. Settlers came to New Netherland for ___________.

• adventure
• gold and other riches
• opportunity to own land and make a better life
• opportunity to learn a new language and way of life

True or False: The Dutch colonists convinced the governor of New Netherland to surrender to the English because they didn't believe they could defeat the English.

• True
• False

New Netherland became the English colony of _________.

• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• New York
• Delaware

Choose the BEST answer. What was the proprietor's main goal?

• to run the colony like a business
• to make money
• to practice their religion freely
• to bring new settlers to the Americas

Choose all answers that are true about William Penn.

• He came from a wealthy English family.
• His parents were Quakers.
• His father had loaned the king of England a large sum of money.
• He founded the colony of Pennsylvania so only the Quakers could practice their religion freely.

Choose the colonies that are known as the Middle Colonies,

• Virginia
• Massachusetts
• New York
• Pennsylvania

True or False: William Penn's primary reason for founding Pennsylvania was to make money.

• True
• False

True or False: The Quakers were tolerant of other religions and interacted with Native Americans differently than most English settlers.

• True
• False