CHAPTER 6

1. CHAPTER 6 REVIEW

2. Middle Colonies • What the names of the four Middle Colonies?

3. The Middle Colonies are: • New York • New Jersey • Pennsylvania • Delaware

4. Why were the Middle Colonies called the “breadbasket” colonies?

5. Because they raised so many crops that were used to make bread.

6. The Dutch began building settlements in New Netherland. The English wanted control of this colony because they wanted their colonies to grow, or __?__.

7. expand

8. What two colonies were formed when New Netherland was divided?

9. They were:

10. What was the name of the religious group of people that believed all people are “equal” and “violence is wrong”?

11. The Society of Friends, which were also known as Quakers.

12. The most well-known Quaker was a man named William Penn. What colony did he start?

14. What does the word “Pennsylvania” mean?

15. Penn’s Woods

16. What three customs, traditions, or ideas did German immigrants bring with them to the Middle Atlantic colonies?

17. Pennsylvania Rifle • Conestoga Wagon Idea of barn raisings

18. What man was known for his inventions, writings, witty sayings, weather forecasts and the books he wrote?

19. Benjamin Franklin • What denomination of American money is he on?

21. Benjamin Franklinpublished a book each year that had some of his stories, weather forecasts, jokes and witty sayings in it. What was the name of this book?

22. Poor Richard’s Almanack

23. VOCABULARY

24. The Quakers looked for a safe place, or _?_, where they could live and worship as they pleased.

25. refuge

26. What term guarantees that a person accused of breaking the law will have the right to be tried by a jury of fellow citizens?

27. Trial by jury

28. What vocabulary term is also another word for fairness?

29. justice

30. The religious movement that led to the rebirth of religious ways was called the _?_.

31. Great awakening

32. William Penn divided his colony into area’s of land that were approximately5,000 acres in size. These blocks of land were called _?_.

33. townships

34. People who come into a new country to make a new home there are known as _?_.

35. immigrants

36. During colonial times a volunteer army, or _?_ , was needed to protect the nearby homes and villages.

37. militia

38. The land between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains is called the _?_.

39. piedmont

40. During frontier days, settlers called the area of land beyond or “in back of” the area of land settled by the Europeans the _?_.

41. backcountry

42. What was the name of the road many frontiers people used to move to the backcountry?

43. Great wagon road

45. Many people who lived in the backcountry lived in log huts or cabins. Parents slept on a bed of blankets which covered a pile of leaves. Children would sleep in the _?_, the area of the house between the ceiling and the roof.

46. loft

47. Example of what a backcountry cabin might look like.

48. Circle or Pie Graph 5% 10% 55% The total amount of a circle graph should equal 100%.