Middle Colonies

True or False:

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

• TRUE

• FALSE

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

• "Breadbasket" colonies

• "High-Yielding" colonies

• "Prolific Pennsylvanians"

• "Fruitful Friends"

Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania?

• Quakers

• proprietors

• patroons

• Peter Stuyvesant

Who was the founder of Pennsylvania?

• John Winthrop

• John Smith

• James Oglethorpe

• William Penn

Answer explanation

William PENN found PENNsylvania. That's easy to remember, right?

Name the Middle Colonies. 

• New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts
• New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania
• New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York

What is a charter?

• A document that sets a tax on the colonists’ traded goods.
• A document that gives the right to create an English colony in America.

​ (a)   and ​ (b)   were the founders of Rhode Island.

• Anne Hutchinson
• Roger Williams
• William Penn
• Benjamin Franklin
• Chester Cheese
• Roger Hutchinson

Which colonial region had rocky soil, rich ocean waters, and harbors for large ships?

• New England
• Middle
• Southern

The settlement of Jamestown was founded in

• 1626

• 1607

• 1732

• 1712

What document did the Pilgrims sign on the Mayflower to establish self-government in 1620?

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution of the United States

• Magna Carta