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1
Which was NOT a role of women in the colonies?
Sewing
Cooking
Hunting
Raising the children
2
What are two of the reasons why New York was so successful under English rule?
less freedoms AND forces to follow English rules
allowed religious freedom AND self government
3
Why did settlers travel to a strange new land?
They were slaves.
Religious freedom and new land.
They wanted to meet new people.
They were indentured servants.
4
What is an indentured servant?
Someone who owned a plantation and owned slaves.
Someone who traded crops for other goods not found on a farm
Someone who was forced to go to the new land and work.
Someone who could not afford the trip to the new land.
5
He was the commander of the English ships that took over the Dutch colony.
King Charles II
Colonel Richard Nicolls
Peter Stuyvesant
The Duke of York and Albany
6
He purchased Manhattan from the Native Americans.
King Charles II
Peter Minuit
Peter Stuyvasant
The Duke of York and Albany
7
What is a slave?
a person who controls a town or colony
a person who can become freed
a person who is owned by another person
a person who agrees to work for someone for a set time
8
What is the name of the first Dutch colony?
New York
Fort Orange
New Amsterdam
New Netherlands
9
Which of the following is not one of the thirteen colonies?
New York
New Delaware
New Jersey
New Hampshire
10
What is a spinning wheel?
a machine with a large wheel that spins thread
a machine used to make clothes
11
What was usually the role of the men in the colonies?
Baking
Raising the hooligans
Sewing
Hunting
12
What was the main reason the Dutch surrendered their colony to the British?
English stole the land from the Dutch
Dutch fought for their colony
English outnumbered the Dutch with soliders
Dutch didn't want their land anymore
13
What was the purpose of Dutch doors?
keep the house safe
keep roaming animals out of the house
14
What was the climate like in the New England colonies?
Mild all the time
Short warm summer, long cold winter
Long hot summers, short cold winters
Really hot summers, short winters
15
What is a colonist?
A group of settlers who fought with the Native Americans
A group of people who settle in a colony
A group of indentured servants who work for 3-5 years
A group of farmers who sold their cash crops for tools
16
A person who is learning a skill from someone who has mastered that skill is called a(n)?
Artisan
Cash crop
Blacksmith
Apprentice
17
Who was the ruler of England who decided to take control of the colonies?
King Charles II
The Duke of York and Albany
Colonel Richard Nicolls
Peter Minuit
18
As governor, he started the first hospital, schools, and fire department.
Peter Mnuit
King Charles II
Colonel Richard Nicolls
Peter Stuyvesant
19
What was a charter?
a written document listing rights of the people
a person who controls a town
to give up
the right of a group of people to make their own laws
20
How many colonies were settled in early America?
11
14
12
13
21
What is the Dutch name for New York City?
Manhattan
Fort Orange
New Netherland
New Amsterdam
22
New Amsterdam and New Netherlands lands were renamed after this person...
Peter Miniut
The Duke of York and Albany
King Charles II
Colonel Richard Nicolls
23
What were the cash crops in the Southern colonies?
indigo, wheat and corn
Tobacco, cotton, and rice
Wheat, tobacco and corn
Wood, wheat and tobacco
24
Which was NOT a tradition the Dutch brought to New Netherlands?
Ice Skating
Bowling
Holidays such as Easter and Christmas
Lacrosse
25
What is the Dutch word for farms?
Farm
Bouwerie
Land
Plantation
26
The Dutch name for what is now Albany.
Fort Orange
New Amsterdam
New Netherland
Manhattan
