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Kunz - Middle
Kunz - Middle Colonies
Question | Answer |
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What was the term for owners of large Dutch land grants who agreed to help settle new colonists on their land? | patroon |
What was the term for land grants given to one or more people, by the English king, to divide among themselves, make laws for, and rent out? | proprietary colony |
What was the term for a person who had received a land grant from the king? | proprietor |
A settlement that was owned and controlled by the English king was known as a...? | royal colony |
an agricultural product sold at market for money rather than exchanged for other goods was a...? | cash crop |
What was the area of land along the eastern border of the Appalachian Mountains known as? | Backcountry |
Who was the governor of the colony of New Amsterdam who surrendered his colony to the English navy? | Peter Stuyvesant |
Who was the Quaker who founded a colony in order to create a society of religious freedom for Quakers? | William Penn |
Who was the King of England? | Charles II |
Who were the proprietors of the colony of New Jersey? | Berkeley & Carteret |
Which group of Protestant reformers beleived all men and women were equal in God's sight? | Quakers |
Who were the German-speaking Protestant colonists who settled in Pennsylvania? | Pennsylvania Dutch |
What was the nickname given to the Middle colonies? | Breadbasket colonies |
What was the name of the old Iroquois trail used by backcountry settlers? | Great Wagon Road |