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Middle Colonies Guided Reading Worksheet

The document is a guided reading worksheet about the Middle Colonies. It contains 15 multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about the founding and development of the colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The questions cover topics like the founding of New Amsterdam by the Dutch, the renaming of the colony to New York when the English took over, the founding of Pennsylvania by William Penn to be a refuge for Quakers, and life in the rural backcountry regions of the Middle Colonies.

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Middle Colonies Guided Reading Worksheet

The document is a guided reading worksheet about the Middle Colonies. It contains 15 multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about the founding and development of the colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The questions cover topics like the founding of New Amsterdam by the Dutch, the renaming of the colony to New York when the English took over, the founding of Pennsylvania by William Penn to be a refuge for Quakers, and life in the rural backcountry regions of the Middle Colonies.

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  • New Netherland Becomes New York
  • The Founding of Pennsylvania

Name ______________________________________________________ Period ______

Middle Colonies Guided Reading


Directions: Read Section 4.2 (pages 108-112) in your textbook and complete this guided
reading activity as you are reading. The purpose of this is to guide you through the
reading of the section in order to understand what is important to know. Fill out this
worksheet as you are reading. Write down any questions that you have in the space
immediately below.
Questions about the reading:

New Netherland Becomes New York


1. Which European country set up the first colony in New York? ___________________
2. What was the name of the trading center in that colony? ________________________
3. Did New Amsterdam permit freedom of religion? ___________
4. Why was the colony renamed New York? What happened to the Dutch rulers?
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New Jersey Separates from New York
5. What is a proprietary colony? Give an example of a proprietary colony.
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6. What is the difference between a proprietary colony and a royal colony?


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The Founding of Pennsylvania
7. Who were the Quakers? How were their beliefs different from other English settlers?
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8. Which colony did William Penn found? _________________________
9. Where did William Penn send pamphlets about his colony to?
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10. Who were the Pennsylvania Dutch? _______________________________________
11. Which colony was formed by breaking away from Pennsylvania? ________________
Life in the Middle Colonies
12. What is a cash crop? __________________________________________________
13. What were two styles of houses built in the Middle Colonies and who brought those
designs to the colonies?
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14. Where was the backcountry? What kind of life did people have there?
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15. Name the four countries that made up the Middle Colonies:
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