Middle Colonies

1. In regards to Pennsylvania, the word “sylvania” means “______” or “from the ______”
4. Since the Middle colonies made up the center of the 13 colonies, a scientific term used to describe them was as a ___________.
7. The actual Indian name for the Delaware Indians was the _________.
10. As both the center of the colonies geographically and one of the key founders of the eventual United States, Pennsylvania was nicknamed “The ____________ State”.
11. William Penn was part of the, ____________ religion, also known as the Society of Friends. He established Pennslyvannia as a haven for the “Friends”.
13. Peter Minuit purchased modern day _______________ Island from the Natives for about $24 worth of trinkets.
14. King Charles II awarded the colony of “New Netherland” to his brother James, The Duke of _______ in 1664.
15. Delaware was founded in 1638 by Peter Minuit on behalf of the New _________ Company.
16. The founder of Pennsylvania was William _______.

2. People from the Netherlands are called ______________ .
3. Oats, wheat, rye, barley were produced in large amounts in the Middle colonies, earning the title of the “_____________” of the colonies.
5. The New York and New Jersey colonies actually started out as a Dutch colony called _____________________.
6. Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley were in charge of the East and West sides of the New _____________________ colony.
8. Henry _____________ ’s voyage to the New World in 1609 setup much of the middle colonies as Dutch colonies.
9. The colony, and state of ________ is essentially named after “Lord De La Warr”.
12. The abbreviation for Pennsylvania is __________.