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Middle and Southern Colonies

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    Reviewing the foundation and a little history of the Colonies
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  • Name the Middle Colonies
    New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
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  • Name the Southern Colonies
    Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina
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  • What explorer was hired to explore New York for the Dutch?
    Henry Hudson
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  • What three countries claimed New York?
    France, England and Netherlands
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  • Who explored northern New York for France?
    Samuel de Champlain
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  • What man claimed all of North America for England?
    John Cabot
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  • What did the Dutch call New York city?
    New Amsterdam
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  • What fiery Dutch governor did not want to surrender to the British?
    Peter Stuyvesant
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  • Who settled Delaware?
    Sweden
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  • What was Delaware originally called?
    New Sweden
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  • Who settled New Jersey?
    The Dutch
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  • Who gave New Jersey its name?
    Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley
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  • What colony was founded by William Penn?
    Pennsylvania
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  • What important city in Pennsylvania did he personally design?
    Philadelphia
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  • What does Philadelphia means?
    The City of the Brotherly Love
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  • Which colony had a group of representatives called the House of Burgesses?
    Virginia
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