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What was the main reason the colony of New Jersey was originally formed?

• to keep England’s influence in New York

• to discourage (make people not want) loyalty to the British monarch

• to establish (make common) religious freedom in new colonies

• to govern more easily than one large New York colony

Which reason best explains how a free-market economy developed in New Jersey?

• The proprietors encouraged traders to settle in the colony.

• The proprietors allowed settlers to farm or run businesses as they pleased.

• The proprietors gave land for free to farmers who would develop it.

• The proprietors allowed only free farmers, and not slaves, in the colony.

How did William Penn influence self-government in America?

• He weakened it by giving the right to vote to all men and women.

• He weakened it by having a constitution and general assembly.

• He strengthened it by having a constitution and general assembly.

• He strengthened it by giving the right to vote to all men and women.

How did William Penn get so many people to come to his colony?

• He encouraged foreign investment (people giving him money) in the colony.

• He advertised the religious freedom offered in the colony.

• He gave free land to new settlers.

• He prohibited (made illegal) slavery in the colony.

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

• "Breadbasket" colonies

• "High-Yielding" colonies

• "Prolific Pennsylvanians"

• "Fruitful Friends"

What happened to the Dutch Colony of New Netherlands?

• It was taken over by the English

• They won their independence and became an independent country

• It was taken over by the Spanish

• Native Americans forced the Europeans out of the New York region

William Penn allowed some of Pennsylvania's southern counties (below the river) to function as a separate colony called

• Delaware.

• New Amsterdam.

• Philadelphia.

• New Pennsylvania.

By the late 1600s, the colonist in New York and New Jersey were

• religiously diverse

• all Quakers

• Catholics and Quakers

• all Jews

Which of the following is NOT a Middle Colony?

• Pennsylvania

• New York

• Delaware

• New Hampshire

• New Jersey

All of the following are true of the Quakers EXCEPT:

• They believed ALL people were equal under God.

• They were the loved by the people of England.

• They spoke against war and refused to join the army.

• They allowed women to preach.