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Lesson 3-The middle Colonies

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which group of people founded the colony of Pennsylvania?

a)

the Anglican Church

b)

the Quaker

c)

the Puritans

d)

the Separatists

2.

When did William Penn received the land in payment for a a debt that King Charles owed Penn's father?

a)

1682

b)

1680

c)

1672

d)

1620

3.

How was Penn's relationship with the Native Americans

a)

fair

b)

equal

c)

not good

d)

they were always at war

4.

The Quakers believed that you should follow your ______

a)

religious leaders

b)

inner light

c)

kings/rulers

d)

patroon

5.

Who designed Philadelphia?

a)

Lord John Berkeley

b)

William Penn

c)

Sir George Carteret

d)

Peter Stuyvesant

6.

Were the Quakers pacifists?

a)

true

b)

false

7.

When did over 3,000 English, Welsh, Irish, Dutch and German settler arrived in Pennsylvania?

a)

1683

b)

1678

c)

1686

d)

1685

8.

When was Philadelphia founded?

a)

1680

b)

1677

c)

1682

d)

1689

9.

Williams Penn saw Pennsylvania as a ________

a)

a place for religion

b)

holy experiment

c)

a place for farming

d)

a great trading place

10.

Who wrote the Pennsylvania's first constitution?

a)

Peter Stuyvesant

b)

Williams Penn

c)

Roger Williams

d)

Duke of York

11.

_______ quickly became American's most prosperous city.

a)

New York

b)

Pennsylvaina

c)

New Jersey

d)

Philadelphia

12.

Who did Penn sign several treaties with

a)

Dutch

b)

King Charles

c)

Native Americans

d)

colonist

13.

Who was NOT a group at came Pennsylvania in 1683?

a)

Welsh

b)

Indians

c)

English

d)

Dutch

14.

What was the charter that gave colonist the right to elect representatives to the legislature?

a)

Charter of Unity

b)

Charter of Peace

c)

Charter of Privileges

d)

Charter of Freedom

15.

Who believed that settler should pay for land that belonged to the Native Americans ?

a)

King Charles

b)

Duke of York

c)

Roger William

d)

William Penn

16.

Philadelphia means "city of _________".

a)

the society of firends

b)

brothers

c)

Quakers

d)

brotherly love

17.

Who were the Quakers?

a)

farmers

b)

a protestant group

c)

fighters

d)

society of friends

18.

Where did William Penn allow southern people to form their own legislature in a separate colony?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Delaware

c)

New York

d)

New Jersey

19.

what are pacifists?

a)

people who refuse to fight in wars

b)

people who enjoyed traveling

c)

people who enjoyed fighting

d)

people who enjoyed farming

20.

The Quakers believed that everyone was ______.

a)

rich

b)

good

c)

evil

d)

equal