WorksheetsMiddle Colonies
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was the major natural resource that helped the middle colonies prosper?
lumber
gold
fertile soil
The Duke of York gave Berkley and Carteret which colony?
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
some of the jobs in the middle colonies were________
plumber, computer tech, and store clerk
teacher, nurse, and doctor
carpenter, blacksmith, baker, tailor
Someone who trains to learn a new skill is called
trainee
apprentice
indentured servant
Artisans were______________
craftworkers
religious ministers
factory workers
The middle colonies had religious tolerance, they accepted all religions.
True or False?
True
False
The renewal of interest in religion was called__________
The Great Awakening
The Great Religious Awakening
The Religious Renewal
immigrants came to the middle colonies for_________
gold and riches
religious freedom and better opportunities
to get land
True or False:
Some of the slaves in the middle colonies were freed.
True
False
The largest port city was in ________________
New York
Philadelphia
Delaware
True or False: Ben Franklin had many important jobs like: writer, inventor, printer, and scientist.
True
False
The most famous man from Pennsylvania was_______________
George Washington
John Kennedy
Ben Franklin
King Charles gave what is now Pennsylvania to this man.
Ben Franklin
William Penn
Duke of York
True or False: The English treated the dutch settlers unfairly .
True
False
King Charles took over the middle colonies by__________
signing a charter with the Dutch
Winning a war with the dutch
The dutch giving up and surrendering without even fighting
The middle colonies were very diverse. (many cultures)
True or False
True
False
King Charles wanted the middle colonies for England because___
he wanted more land, resources and control of the trading
he wanted to live there
he wanted to go to war with the Dutch
The rivers were important because ______________
The provided fish
They allowed the ships to come in for trading
They were good for travel
The river that was important in New York was ______________
Mississippi River
Delaware
River
Hudson River
The nickname for the middle colonies is____________
The breadbasket colonies
The puritan colonies
The harbor colonies
