Topic 3, Lessons 4 & 5 Review

Which statement about the colonies of New York and New Jersey is true?

• Both prospered (did well) mainly through farming

• Both had very diverse populations living there

• Both made slavery illegal

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

• New York and Pennsylvania

• New York and New Jersey

• Delaware and Pennsylvania

How did New Jersey become an English colony?

• It was taken from the Dutch after the English threatened to attack them

• It was a Spanish colony that the English went to battle for and won

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

• It was unoccupied land that the English just came over and claimed for themselves

What is one unique feature about the colony of Delaware?

• They allowed enslaved Africans to work to earn their freedom

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

• They allowed Native Americans to become citizens of the colony

• They separated from Pennsylvania by going to war against the Quakers

What did the Quakers, who founded Pennsylvania, believe?

• That everyone was equal and violence was morally wrong

• That war and violence are necessary to gain power

• That there are multiple gods for all of the elements

• That Native Americans and Africans are inferior to Europeans

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

• Farming

• Fishing and whaling

• Iron and steel work

• Fur trading

What is one unique feature about Georgia?

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

• It was the only colony to allow Natives to become citizens there

• It was the first colony to have religious conflict turn into war

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

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

• Because enslaved people were already living in the south, so the English colonists just used them

• Slavery was a cheaper option than working the land themselves, so colonists chose this

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

• Debtors and poor people

• Wealthy, religious families

• Poor, single men

• Women and children