GuidedReadingQuestions

Chapter4,Lesson3:TheMiddleColonies

NewYorkandNewJersey

Outlining:
Readingthesectionandcompletingtheoutlinebelowwillhelpyoulearn
moreabouttheMiddleColonies.Refertoyourtextbooktofillintheblanks.

I.
EnglandandtheColonies
A. By1660

Englandhadtwoclustersofcolonies
1. The__________Colonieswereinthenorth.
2. __________and__________wereinthesouth.
B. Betweenthetwogroupswerelandscontrolledbythe__________.
C. TheDutchWestIndiaCompanywantedtoincreasethenumberof
settlers.
1. Itoffered__________topeoplewhocouldbringnewcolonists.
2. Thepeoplewhoacceptedthisofferwerecalledpatroons.
II.
NewYork
A. NewAmsterdam

hadanexcellentharborandthrivingtrade.
1. The__________wantedtoacquirethiscolony.
2. Afleetwassentandthegovernor,__________,surrenderedthe
colony.
B. KingCharlesgavethenewcolonytohisbrother,the__________.
1. ItwasrenamedNewYorkandbecamea__________,oracolony
wheretheownerhascontrolofthegovernment.
2. NewYorkprosperedandhada__________population.
a) In1664,thecolonyhadabout8,000inhabitants.
b) By1683thepopulationhadgrowntoabout12,000people.
III.
NewJersey
A. TheDukeofYorkgavethesouthernpartofhiscolonytoLordJohn
BerkeleyandSirGeorgeCarteret.
1. Toattractsettlers,theyofferedlargetractsofland.
2. Theyalsoofferedtrialbyjuryanda__________assembly.
B. NewJerseywasaplaceof__________andreligiousdiversity.
C. By1702,thiscolonywasreturnedtothekingasa__________colony.

PennsylvaniaandDelaware

Specifying:
Asyoureadthesection,answerthequestionsbelow.

1. ForwhatgroupwasthecolonyofPennsylvaniafounded?

2. WhoreceivedthelandofPennsylvaniaaspaymentfordebtowedbythekingto
hisfather?

3. WhywasPennsylvaniacalledaholyexperiment?

4. HowwastreatmentofNativeAmericansdifferentinPennsylvania?

5. HowandwhywasthecolonyofDelawareformed?

Chapter4,Lesson4:TheSouthernColonies

VirginiaandMaryland

Connecting:
Asyoureadthesection,answerthequestionbelow.

1. WhatwastheoriginalnameofthefirstsuccessfulEnglishcolonyinNorth
America?Afterthatcolonygrewandbecamemoreprosperous,whatwasits
name?

ComparingandContrasting:
Useyourtextbooktohelpcompletethetable.

WorkersintheVirginiaColony
Slaves

IndenturedServants

2.camefrom:

4.camefrom:

3.requiredto:

5.requiredto:

Describing:
Completetheparagraph.

ThecolonyofMarylandwasthedreamof
(6)
__________.Hewantedaplacewhere
(7)
__________couldpracticetheirreligionfreely.Hissongavelargeareasofland
called

estates

toEnglisharistocrats.ThecolonyusedbothenslavedAfricansand
indenturedservantsforworkers.

8.
Defining:
WhywastheMasonDixonlinecreated?

9.
IdentifyingCauseandEffect:
WhatwasthecauseofBaconsRebellion?

TheCarolinasandGeorgia

Inferencing:
Usethetextbooktoanswerthequestionbelow.

1. Basedonthetext,whydoyouthinktheCarolinacolonysplitintotwo?

Summarizing:
Useyourtextbooktofillintheblankstosummarizethestoryofthe
Georgiacolony.

Georgiawasthe

13thBritishcolonyfoundedinAmerica.
(2)
__________receiveda
charterandthecolonywassetupfor
(3)
__________,orpeoplewhocouldnotrepay
theirdebts.BritishofficialsthoughtthatGeorgiawouldbeabletoprotecttheother
coloniesfromtheirenemy,
(4)
__________.Settlersbuiltfortsandthetownof
Savannah

asabarrieragainstexpansion.

Thecolonydidnotdevelopasplanned.Veryfewpeoplewhooweddebtscame.
Mostly,itwaspoorpeopleandreligiousrefugees.Mostsettlerscomplainedaboutthe
rulesinthecolony,especiallythelimitsonlandholdingandthebanson
(5)
__________
andrum.GeorgiaturnedbackovertotheKing

in1751.