Statistics for The Middle Colonies

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
This Colony was founded by Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret, ownership of a swath of land between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers. The charter referred to these lands as (Blank) in honor of Carteret's defense of the English Channel island of Jersey during the English Civil War.	New Jersey	100%
This Colony was founded by Peter Minuit, Governor of the Dutch West India Company bought the island of Manhattan from Native Americans for 24 dollars and founded a colony called New Amsterdam.	New York	100%
This Colony was founded by William Penn and this colony served as a haven for his fellow Quakers	Pennsylvania	100%
This Colony was founded by Swedes who wanted to establish a colony in the New World. They built Fort Christina at the present site of Wilmington, and called their colony New Sweden. Unfortunately, this land was already claimed by both England and Holland.	Delaware	75%