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Middle Colonies Flashcards

1
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What was did most middle colonists do for a living?

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They farmed or were fur traders.

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Name the Middle Colonies.

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New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey

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Which was bigger? A farm in the Northern or Middle Colonies?

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Farms were bigger in the Northern colonies and the work was harder.

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What do you call the extra crops the farmers eventually grew to sell?

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Cash Crops.

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What was the nickname for the Middle Colonies?

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The Bread Basket of the New World.

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When the Middle Colonists built roads, what other businesses came about?

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Wagon and harness makers and innkeepers.

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What was a popular hobby for women?

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Quilting.

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What did the women use to quilt?

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Fabric scraps from all of their mending.

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What were quilts used for?

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To keep people warm like blankets and decorative ones for special occasions, like weddings.

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What is a quilting bee?

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Ladies would get together to sew a quilt. They would get together and socialize. They could also make extra money by selling the quilts.

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Did the middle colonists bathe much? Why?

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No. They thought their body’s oils protected them from disease.

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Where did the diseases come from in the colonies?

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They were brought from Europe.

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Did the colonists give the diseases they brought from Europe to the Native Americans?

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Yes.

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What health care options were there for people in the colonies?

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They had doctors, surgeons, and apothecaries.

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What is an apothecary?

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It’s like a drug store or pharmacy.

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What is a shamen?

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A Native American “doctor” who helped the colonists learn to use plants as medicine.

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What were the biggest cities in the Middle Colonies?

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New York and Philadelphia.

18
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Who settled New York?

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The Dutch.

19
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What was New York first called?

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New Netherland.

20
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Who established Pennsylvania?

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William Penn and the Quakers.

21
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What did the Quakers believe in?

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Freedom of religion.

22
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What did the Quakers not believe in?

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Slavery or War.

23
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Who settled Delaware?

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The Swedes.

24
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Were the Quakers friends with the Native Americans? Yes.

A

They were good friends and traded with them frequently.

25
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Did most of the settlers in the Middle Colonies have nice homes?

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Yes. They had nice, comfortable homes.

26
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What was the nickname for Philadelphia?

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City of Brotherly Love.

27
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What was the largest city in the Middle Colonies?

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Philadelphia.

28
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What did the earliest settlers of the middle colonies do for a living?

A

They either farmed or participated in the fur trade.

29
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Who had larger houses? Colonists in the northern or middle colonies?

A

The middle colonies.

30
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Were the middle colonies prosperous?

A

Yes!

31
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Did the Dutch Settlers in New York enjoy their customs from the Old World?

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Yes. They especially liked the games and amusements they had enjoyed in the Netherlands.

32
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Were the Dutch settlers good dairy farmers?

A

Yes.

33
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Who had bigger farms? The Northern or Middle Colonies?

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Middle and the work was more labor intensive. In other words, it took more people to work these big farms.

34
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When the Middle Colonies were first established, what did the colonists do to make a living?

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They either farmed or traded furs.

35
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As the colonies got more established, what else did the farmers do to make a living?

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They grew more crops than they needed for their own families so they had extra to sell or trade.

36
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When the colonists started moving inland - away from the water - travel on ___ became important.

A

Land.

37
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When travel on land became important for the colonists to travel further inland, what did the colonists build?

A

Roads.

38
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What else did the colonists build once they had roads that would allow them to travel further distances?

A

Inns (hotels back then) and way stations. The roads created a thriving business for the wagon and harness makers.

39
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Why did the middle colonists build mills?

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To grind corn and wheat into flour and corn meal.

40
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Why did the middle colonists build saw mills?

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To saw the lumber they chopped down into boards that they could trade.

41
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What was some of the outdoor work the middle colonists had to do on the farms?

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They had to clear the land of trees, shrubs, etc. so it could be farmed. They had to plow the fields and plant the crops. They had to build houses, furniture, barns and fences. They hunted for meat.

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What were some of the chores the middle colonists had indoors?

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They cooked, cleaned, spun wool, wove cloth, made clothes from this cloth, made candles, ad preserved food for winter.

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