Settlement of Middle Colonies

Match the following

• trading post

• a state of success as in wealth, population, education, etc

• prosperity

• a small settlement established for the sole purpose of trading

• Quakers

• deriving from a variety of people, places, ideas, cultures, species, etc

• diversity

• a religious group of Christians devoted in peaceful principles and tolerance

• harmony

• peaceful cooperation

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware are part of which region?

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Northern Colonies

Which of the following was NOT a reason people came to settle in the Middle Colonie?

• religious freedom

• affordable farmland

• prosperous trade

• to find gold

What allowed the Middle Colonies to be so diverse?

• People from many cultures settled there.

• It was settled by mostly English settlers.

• Native Americans prevented Europeans from living there.

• It was plentiful in gold and silver.

The Middle Colonies had the largest population of ______ blacks living in the 13 colonies.

Settlers in the Middle Colonies primarily came from _____.

• Germany

• Sweden

• France

• the Netherlands

Henry Hudson originally sailed the North American in search of the _____.

In 1621, which company sent settlers to the Middle Colonies to establish trade with the Native Americans?

• the Virginia Company

• the Dutch East India Company

• the Middle Colonies Company

• the Dutch West India Company

Which city did the Dutch establish on Manhattan Island?

• New Amsterdam

• Jamestown

• Providence

• New Haven

Which governor bought the land from the Native Americans to establish Manhattan Island?

• Peter Minuit

• Henry Hudson

• Peter Stuyvesant

• James, Duke of York