 | Term | Definition |
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The Dutch |
Who set up the colony of New Netherland along the Hudson River? *** |
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New Amsterdam |
What was the name of New Netherland's thriving port? *** |
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Owners if huge estates |
What is a patroon? |
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To encourage farming |
Why did Dutch officials grant large parcels of land to a few rich families? |
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They promised at least 50 European farm families on the land |
In return for a land grant what did patroons promise to do? |
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the Dutch Reformed Church |
Which church did most Dutch belong to? |
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No |
Were other religions besides the Dutch Reformed able to worship freely in New Amsterdam? |
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netherlands |
In 1664 the rivalry between this country and the Dutch was at its height. |
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He had few weapons and little gunpower |
When the English warships entered New Amsterdam Peter Stuyvesant, the governor of New Netherland swore to defend the city. Why did he have to surrender without firing a shot? *** |
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King Charles II gave it to the Duke of York which he renamed New York |
How did New Netherland become New York? *** |
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New Jersey |
What colony was created from the land the Duke of York gave to Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret? *** |
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When the king gives land to one or more people in return for a yearly payment |
What is a proprietary colony? *** |
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Settlers came from Finland, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, and Sweden |
Where did people in New Jersey come from? *** |
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A colony under the direct control of the English crown |
In 1702, New Jersey became a royal colony? What is a royal colony? *** |
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William Penn |
Who founded Pennsylvania in 1681? *** |
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Protestant |
What religion was William Penn? *** |
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all people are equal in God's sight |
What do Quakers believe? *** |
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He wanted it to be a model of religoius freedom, peace, and Christan living |
Explain Penn's "holy experiment?" *** |
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Catholics, and Jews, to escape persecution |
Where did people in Pennsylvania come from? *** |
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New arrivals in large numbers of German-speaking Protestants |
Who were the Pennsylvania Dutch? *** |
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Piladelphia |
What Greek word means "brotherly love?" *** |
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Delaware |
The lower counties of Pennsylvania broke away and formed this colony? *** |
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By farming |
How did the majority of people make their living in the Middle Colonies? *** |
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crops that are sold for money at market |
What is a cash crop? *** |
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wheat, barley, and rye |
What were the cash crops of the Middle Colonies? *** |
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They exported so much grain |
Why were the Middle Colonies known as the Breadbasket Colonies? *** |
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Craftworkers |
What other type of work was done in the Middle Colonies? |
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Because houses tend to be far apart |
Why were towns less important in the Middle Colonies than in the New England Colonies? *** |
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Counties |
What became the center of government in the Middle Colonies? |
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They built there own |
What type of homes existed in the Middle Colonies? |
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the area of land along the eastern slopes of the Appalachian Mountains |
What was the Backcountry? |
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