Chapter 9 The Middle Colonies Flashcards
what does navigable mean?
a river wide or deep enough for ships to pass
what is a treaty
a written agreement between two groups of people
what is diversity
cultural or religious variety
what is tolerance
what is tolerancea respect for different beliefs
what is a tenant farmer
a farmer that rents land from a landowner
what is the patron system
a Dutch system where a few rich people on most of the land and rent it out to tenant farmers
what is a landlord
a landowner that rents the land to people
what were some of the Quakers main beliefs
tolerance and fairness and respect for differences and that everyone should have a personal relationship with God
describe the Quaker’s lifestyle
they were playing clothes and did not take off their hats to greet important people because they believed everyone should be treated equal
why was farming in the male Colony so successful
they had a fertile soil that was good for growing crops
they had a river for travel and trading the goods
they had a warm climate with rainy Summers
and the Indians were friendly and peaceful and didn’t attack their crops
compare the farming methods and lifestyles in Pennsylvania and New York
Pennsylvania was settled by Quakers
New York had the patron system and the Iroquois tribe controlled the fur trade
both shipped large veggies and Grains and had poor cities for shipping and also had different cultural groups
name and describe occupations besides farming that were common in the middle colonies
Bakers would bake flour to make bread out of farmers products and also make bread for food in restaurants so that traveling Farmers could eat
Cooper’s made barrels for shipping and trading the products
shipbuilders made ships for trading overseas
lumberjacks produced lumber for building ships or barrels
innkeepers gay Farmer’s shelter while traveling for trade
and Millers ground grain into flour to make products to sell
describe the relationship between Indians and settlers in the middle colonies
they would trade for and live in peace and Harmony until William Penn died and which other settlers took the Indians land which got pushed off their land and then the Indians died of disease that the settlers brought over
why was Pennsylvania called a holy experiment
Pennsylvania was built on quicker beliefs of Tolerance and free worship , free males could vote , and it was called an experiment because no other colony had tried such a thing
how did the experiment grow democracy
it had freedom of religion
many people have the right to vote
and everyone was treated equal
