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| because they produced so many crops used in making bread | Why did the Middle Atlantic Colonies come to be known as the “breadbasket” colonies? |
| Manhattan | In what was probably the most famous land deal in history, Peter Minuit (the governor of New Netherland) purchased ___ Island from the Indians living there for about $24 worth of trinkets. |
| Peter Stuyvesant | the very unpopular governor of New Netherland |
| England declared war on Holland to get New Netherland. The king of England sent his brother, the Duke of York, to New Amsterdam with warships. The Dutch settlers refused to fight, & Peter Stuyvesant had to give up the colony. | How did England get control of New Netherland? |
| Duke of York | The ___ gave part of his colony to two of his friends, George Carteret & John Berkeley. They named the colony New Jersey after Carteret’s home on the island of Jersey. |
| Quakers | The ___ believed that all people are basically good & violence is always wrong. |
| refuge | a safe place |
| Quakers | William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania so that ___ & others could have religious freedom. |
| trial by jury | the right of people accused of breaking the law to be tried by a group of fellow citizens |
| Pennsylvania | Delaware was originally part of the colony of ___. |
| farming | Most people in the Middle Atlantic Colonies made their living by___. |
| Farmers could go there to trade their crops for goods & services. | How did market towns help farmers who lived near them? |
| religious ways of life | The Great Awakening was a movement that called for a rebirth of ___. |
| waterways | Philadelphia’s location near good land & ___ was one reason it became Pennsylvania’s main port. |
| immigrant | a person who comes into a country to make a new home |
| barn raising, Pennsylvania rifle, & Conestoga wagon | What were some contributions introduced in Pennsylvania by German immigrants? |
| Benjamin Franklin | the most respected scientist, business leader, & citizen of Philadelphia |
| organized the first trained fire fighting company, worked to have streets paved & lit at night, built the first hospital, organized a militia, invented the lightning rod, & established the first public library | What were some of Benjamin Franklin’s contributions to the development of colonial Philadelphia? |
| militia | a military unit made up of volunteers |
| Poor Richard’s Almanack | the book that Benjamin Franklin published each year with a calendar, weather forecasts, stories, jokes, & wise sayings |
| It was the only way to get wagons of household goods to the backcountry. | Why was the Great Wagon Road important to the settlement of the frontier? |
| Daniel Boone | one of the first pioneers to cross the Appalachian Mountains |
| They hunted & farmed & made almost everything else that they needed. | How did frontier families get the food & goods they needed? |
