The Middle Colonies pages 77-83 Section 3 11/03/16
As a Royal Colony, New Jersey was controlled directly by the King, not a private company or family.
How was New Jersey different after it became a royal colony in 1702?
Pennsylvania is a breadbasket because it produced an abundant of wheat, from which flour for bread is made.
How was Pennsylvania a breadbasket?
New Jersey became a separate colony after England took New Netherland from the Dutch.
How did New Jersey become a separate colony?
It changed from a proprietary colony to a royal colony.
How did New Jersey's colonial status change in 1702?
Because it blocked access between England's Northern and Southern Colonies.
Explain why English wanted Dutch colonial land.
William Penn seeked cooperation between religions and the Puritans were not as tolerant.
How did Penn's "holy experiment" differ from the Puritans' "city on a hill"?
New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania
List the four states that made up the Middle Colonies.
Shoemakers, carpenters, masons, weavers and coopers.
Name five types of artisans in the Middle Colonies.
They were too far from home.
The word averse means "strongly opposed to or disliking something" Why were Delaware colonists averse to sending their delegates to an assembly in Philadelphia?
The Middle Colonists used the rivers for trade and transport and the land for farming.
What advantages did the geography and climate give to people living in the Middle Colonists?
The conditions in the Middle Colonies favored farming because the climate was warm and soil was fertile.
What conditions in the Middle Colonies favored farming?
It had rivers and coastline, fertile soil and warm, long growing seasons.
What was the geography and climate of the Middle Colonies?
William Penn's Goals were to create a colony in which people from different religious backgrounds could live peacefully.
What were William Penn's goals for his colony?
Comparison -BOTH - Simarlarity in agriculture products.
What word in the sentence that follows suggests a comparison? What similarity is being identified? Sentence : Both Pennsylvania and New Jersey produced a lot of wheat.
Swedish
Who were the first European settlers in Delaware?
William Penn called is Pennsylvania a "Holy Experiment because he considered his plan unique and ordained by God.
Why did Penn call Pennsylvania " a Holy Experiment"?
The backcountry was a frontier that welcomed new immigrants.
Why did so many people settle in the backcountry?
was home to the Scotch-Irish and later the Germans.
Why types of people live in the backcountry?
They refused to pay taxes to support the church of England. They also believed that all people are equal and have a direct link with God, and therefore do not need ministers.
Why were Quakers persecuted in England?
was a frontier region extending through several colonies, from Pennsylvania to Georgia.
backcountry
a colony created by a grant of land from a monarch to an individual or family.
proprietary colony
a colony controlled directly by the English king.
royal colony
a colony directly controlled by the English king.
royal colony
