What was the main reason the colony of New Jersey was originally formed?
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to keep England’s influence in New York
to discourage (make people not want) loyalty to the British monarch
to establish (make common) religious freedom in new colonies
to govern more easily than one large New York colony
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which reason best explains how a free-market economy developed in New Jersey?
The proprietors encouraged traders to settle in the colony.
The proprietors allowed settlers to farm or run businesses as they pleased.
The proprietors gave land for free to farmers who would develop it.
The proprietors allowed only free farmers, and not slaves, in the colony.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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How did William Penn influence self-government in America?
He weakened it by giving the right to vote to all men and women.
He weakened it by having a constitution and general assembly.
He strengthened it by having a constitution and general assembly.
He strengthened it by giving the right to vote to all men and women.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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How did William Penn get so many people to come to his colony?
He encouraged foreign investment (people giving him money) in the colony.
He advertised the religious freedom offered in the colony.
He gave free land to new settlers.
He prohibited (made illegal) slavery in the colony.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Because the Middle Colonies produced so much food, they became known as the
"Breadbasket" colonies
"High-Yielding" colonies
"Prolific Pennsylvanians"
"Fruitful Friends"
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What happened to the Dutch Colony of New Netherlands?
It was taken over by the English
They won their independence and became an independent country
It was taken over by the Spanish
Native Americans forced the Europeans out of the New York region
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
William Penn allowed some of Pennsylvania's southern counties (below the river) to function as a separate colony called
Delaware.
New Amsterdam.
Philadelphia.
New Pennsylvania.
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