CHAPTER 6 REVIEW

Middle Colonies What the names of the four Middle Colonies?

The Middle Colonies are: New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware

Why were the Middle Colonies called the “breadbasket” colonies?

Because they raised so many crops that were used to make bread.

The Dutch began building settlements in New Netherland. The English wanted control of this colony because they wanted their colonies to grow, or __?__.

What two colonies were formed when New Netherland was divided?

They were:

What was the name of the religious group of people that believed all people are “equal” and “violence is wrong”?

The Society of Friends, which were also known as Quakers.

The most well-known Quaker was a man named William Penn. What colony did he start?

What does the word “Pennsylvania” mean?

Penn’s Woods

What three customs, traditions, or ideas did German immigrants bring with them to the Middle Atlantic colonies?

Benjamin Franklin published a book each year that had some of his stories, weather forecasts, jokes and witty sayings in it. What was the name of this book?

The Quakers looked for a safe place, or _?_, where they could live and worship as they pleased.

What term guarantees that a person accused of breaking the law will have the right to be tried by a jury of fellow citizens?

What vocabulary term is also another word for fairness?

The religious movement that led to the rebirth of religious ways was called the _?_.

William Penn divided his colony into area’s of land that were approximately 5,000 acres in size. These blocks of land were called _?_.

People who come into a new country to make a new home there are known as _?_.

During colonial times a volunteer army, or _?_, was needed to protect the nearby homes and villages.

The land between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains is called the _?_.

During frontier days, settlers called the area of land beyond or “in back of” the area of land settled by the Europeans the _?_.

What was the name of the road many frontiers people used to move to the backcountry?

Many people who lived in the backcountry lived in log huts or cabins. Parents slept on a bed of blankets which covered a pile of leaves. Children would sleep in the _?_, the area of the house between the ceiling and the roof.

Example of what a backcountry cabin might look like.

Circle or Pie Graph 55% 10% 5% The total amount of a circle graph should equal 100%.