Social Studies - Middle And southern Colony

Question 1

Geography(middle)

Answer 1

Set up around the Hudson River, fur-bearing animals were abundant. Expanded settlement to new amsterdam that has good farmland and harbor – Center for trade

Question 2

Economy(middle)

Answer 2

Relied on fur trade = merchants and farmers were the main jobs

Question 3

Purpose(middle)

Answer 3

Jobs of merchants and farmers and practicing religion freely
Pennsylvania religious freedom

Question 4

Slavery(middle)

Answer 4

High in demand and made up more than a quarter of population
Pennsylvania didn’t like slavery

Question 5

Religion (middle)

Answer 5

Mainly protestant but still had religious freedom from all kinds of religions including jews

Question 6

“The Holy Experiment” (middle)

Answer 6

A bunch of people called quakers that believed everyone is equal under the eyes of god. Issued a charter because the quakers were being hanged → creation of pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was a holy experiment because William Penn wanted to model religious freedom and peace.

Question 7

Geography (southern)

Answer 7

Tidewater region: fertile soil → more plantations(cotton rice indigo)→ more slavery
Backcountry: hilly →less slavery & thick forest also fertile soil
Lots of rivers

Question 8

Economy (southern)

Answer 8

Headright system: Each settler that came to the colony was granted land → wealthy people started paying people to come expanding land → more slavery

Question 9

Purpose (southern)

Answer 9

REligious freedom → Act of Toleration
Georgia → was created for people who are in debt in england to have a new fresh start

Question 10

Slavery(southern)

Answer 10

At first slavery was forbidden meaning that people could not work in large farms → settlement grew slavery → changed law to slavery being legalSlaves relied on a large population.
Middle passage: harsh ship condition meaning barely any space 10% of slaves died during voyage
Slave codes: Set of rules denied enslaved people basic human rights
Quakers: did not want slavery bc they believed everyone is equal in the eyes of god

Question 11

Religion (southern)

Answer 11

Diverse and allowed religious freedom

Question 12

Act of Toleration (southern)

Answer 12

A law that provided religious freedom → created by protestants were allowed to come but didn’t want any conflict