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6th SS Ch 6_s
6th grade social studies chapter 6_study
Question | Answer |
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The middle colonies grew so many crops used in making break that they came to be called the _______ colonies. | Breadbasket |
Peter Stuyvesant gave land on Manhatten to about 40 formerly _________. This new land became New Netherand's fir community of free Africans. | Enslaved People |
Why did England want to control New Netherland? | To control the Atlantic Coast of North America |
New York City used to be called? | New Amsterdam |
The Quakers believed that all people were created _____. | Equal |
Why did many Quakers settle in New Jersey? | It was their refuge. |
Why did King Charles give Pennsylvania to William Penn? | He owed money to Penn's father |
Penn wanted all people living in Pennsylvania to live together _____. | Peacefully |
The Middle Colonies include: | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware |
Why did people come to settle in the Middle Colonies? | Good land and freedom to practice religion. |
Philadelphia city names means: | Brotherly Love |
The Great Awakening change the way people _____ their religion. | Practiced |
Unlike the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies were home to many different ______ groups. | Religious |
The _______ were the first group to protest slavery in the English colonies. | Quakers |
Philadelphia was a center of _____ and the largest city in the English Colonies. | Culture |
The _______ added to the region's diversity. | Great Awakening |
Benjamin Franklin earned his living as a _____. | Printer |
Who said "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise" | Benjamin Franklin |
Every market town has a _____, which ground grain into flour. | Gristmill |
Farmers in the Middle Colonies traveled to _____ to sell or trade their livestock or crops. | Market Towns |
_______ is the most important Port city. | New York City |
The busiest port was ______ | Philadelphia |
Most imports to the Middle Colonies came from ____. | England |
The streets of port cities were filled with ______. | Sailors and sometimes pirates |
For many immigrants, their first view of North America was a ______. | Port City |
What jobs were most enslaved Africans forced to do in the Middle Colonies? | Artisans |
What types of jobs did Artisans to? | Blacksmith, Coopers, Carpenters, Bricklayers |