The English Colonies

The proprietors in the middle colonies allowed colonists to start any business they believe would succeed. This is known as _______________________.

• Middle Passage

• Self-Government

• Industry

• Quakers

• Free Enterprise

Ships that carried enslaved people traveled the _____________________________________ from Africa to the West Indies.

• Middle Passage

• Self-Government

• Industry

• Quakers

• Free Enterprise

William Penn was a member of the Society of Friends, or _____________________________ and believed that all Christians should be free to worship their own way.

• Middle Passage

• Self-Government

• Industry

• Quakers

• Free Enterprise

When people make laws for themselves they have _______________________________________.

• Middle Passage

• Self-Government

• Industry

• Quakers

• Free Enterprise

_________________________ is all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service.

• Middle Passage

• Self-Government

• Industry

• Quakers

• Free Enterprise

Why did Roger Williams start Rhode Island?

• To have a place where people could worship freely.

• To have a place where government was separate from Church.

• He had been banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Why did the Middle colonies become a place where many different people lived?

• The King of England wanted the colonies to be diverse.

• The proprietors believed in religious tolerance.

• They wanted to teach Native Americans how to farm.

• They wanted to practice their religion freely.

What form of government did they have in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

• Proprietorship

• House of Burgesses

• Town Meeting

• Legislature

Why was Virginia's government important?

• It was the first government to make laws for religious tolerance.

• It was the first colony to give every adult male the right to vote.

• It was the first government to separate church and state.

• It had the first elected legislature in the colonies.

What did James Oglethorpe want Georgia to be?

• He wanted it to be a refuge for Catholics.

• He wanted to keep the Spanish and French out of the area.

• He wanted it to be a place where poor people and debtors could start a new life.

• All of the above