Topic 3, Lessons 4 & 5 Review

Front

Which statement about the colonies of New York and New Jersey is true?
Options:
Both prospered (did well) mainly through farming,
Both had very diverse populations living there,
Both made slavery illegal

Back

Both had very diverse populations living there

Front

Which two Middle colonies grew very quickly and became very prosperous?

Back

New York and Pennsylvania

Front

How did New Jersey become an English colony?

Back

It was originally a part of New York, and was split off to create a new colony.

Front

What is one unique feature about the colony of Delaware?

Back

Even though it was still a part of Pennsylvania, Penn let Delaware operate as its own separate colony.

Front

What did the Quakers, who founded Pennsylvania, believe?

Back

That everyone was equal and violence was morally wrong

Front

What was the main industry (job) that people did in the Southern colonies?

Back

Farming

Front

What is one unique feature about Georgia?

Back

It was the only colony to originally ban slavery, but eventually allowed it.

Front

Why did slavery become such a significant part of the Southern colonies?

Back

Because enslaved people were used to working in the farming industry and weather that the south had, so colonists paid for slaves.

Front

What group of people was the colony of Georgia created for?

Back

Debtors and poor people