Settling the Middle Colonies

Why did King Charles of England want to take over New Netherland?

• to have more thnic and religious diversity

• to make trade easier

• to fight the Pequot People

• to create Delaware

What is another word for "business owners"?

• Pilgrims

• Puritans

• proprietors

• police

New Netherland became the English colony of ___________.

• New Jersey

• New York

• New Hampshire

• North Carolina

What was another name for the land hanging off the Southeastern corner of Pennsylvania?

• New Amsterdam

• Philadelphia

• Penn's Woods

• the Three Lower Counties

How were New York and New Jersey like Viriginia?

• All three colonies were run by propietors.

• All three colonies were Puritan.

• All three colonies were owned by the Spanish.

• All three colonies were owned by the Church of England.

William Penn was a member of the ____________.

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

• Pequot

• Quakers

What does Pennsylvania mean?

• "Penn's woods"

• "Penn's house"

• "Penn's gardens"

• "Penn's land"

________ means having people who are different in some way living or working together.

• Division

• Tyranny

• Diversity

• Adversity

How was Pennsylvania different from other settled colonies?

• Penn welcomed people from different cultures and religions.

• Penn was a tyrant and punished people of different religions.

• Penn gave land away to new settlers.

• Penn fought with other settlers for land and power.

Who paid the Lenni Lenape people for their land?

• the Duke of York

• the Governor of New Netherlands

• John Smith

• William Penn