Middle and Southern Colonies

1. Middle and Southern Colonies Chapter 7 - New SS Book Terry Sams Piedmont Elementary

2. A (an) _________is a person who does hard physical word. laborer

3. A person skilled at making something by hand is a (an)_______. artisan

4. What were differences between North Carolina and South Carolina? South Carolina had better ports and farmland so it grew more quickly.

5. Cash crops such as ______ and _____ were grown to be sold for cash. Tobacco and indigo

6. The _______believed that all people should be able to worship freely. Quakers

7. The _____ and _____Rivers helped make Philadelphia a center of trade and the largest city in the colonies. Delaware and Schuykill

8. James, Duke of York, became the ____of New Netherland. proprietor

9. Who founded Maryland as a refuge for Catholics? Lord Baltimore

10. What two cities did people usually migrate to when they arrived in the Middle Colonies? New York and Philadelphia

11. What are some clues you might read if you are reading an autobiography? The author uses the word “I” or “me”.

12. What attracted many people to the middle colonies? Religious freedom

13. A (an) ______________is someone that is chosen to speak and act for others. representative

14. A (an) _____ is an official agreement between nations or groups. treaty

15. How did Philadelphia’s location help it grow to be the biggest city in the British colonies? The city became a trade center because of its good harbor.

16. Who founded Pennsylvania and why? William Penn for religious freedom.

17. What famous American started the first lending library? Benjamin Franklin

18. What did many colonial children do to learn useful skills? They became apprentices .

19. Virginia’s legislature was called the _______. This group met to write and change laws. The House of Burgesses

20. ______was an important cash crop in the Southern colonies. It was bought to be made into a blue dye. indigo

21. What was the colony of New York originally named? New Netherland

22. How did the colonist in New York and new Jersey take part in government? They elected representatives to assemblies.

23. What popular book did Benjamin Franklin writethat contained stories, jokes, and sayings? Poor Richard’s Almanack

24. Today people still have the __________ freedoms that were practiced in Pennsylvania. religious

25. People in the Middle Colonies came from many_______ and _______. Cultures and religions

26. Why did proprietors allow religious tolerance? It attracted Colonists to the area

27. In a ________, the people, not the government, decide what to produce? Free market economy

28. Someone who studies with a master to learn a skill or business? apprentice

29. A large farm on which crops are raised by workers who live on the land is a _______ plantation

30. A place protected from threat or harm is a______. refuge

31. A person that owes money is called a ______. debtor

32. What was the largest and wealthiest English colony that also had the first elected governor? Virginia

33. A (an) _____is a group of people with the power to make and change laws. legislature

34. What crops make planters wealthy? Tobacco and rice

35. Who founded the colony of Georgia as a place for poor people and debtors? James Oglethorpe

36. A ______was a person who owned and controlled the land in a colony. proprietor

37. A (an) _______ is a person who watches and directs the work of others.. overseer

38. A (an) ______was an African American religious folk song. spiritual

39. What did slaves do to survive the hardships of slavery? Built a close community, tuned to Christianity, combined African and American customs, religion, and music

40. That’s All! Good luck on your test!