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