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53 Cards in this Set
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Name the 4 middle colonies. |
1. Pennsylvania, 2. Delaware, 3. New Jersey, and 4. New York |
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Which colony was claimed by 3 countries at the same time? |
New York |
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What are people who live in the Netherlands called? |
Dutch |
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Another name for the Netherlands is ____. |
Holland |
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In 1609, who did the Dutch send to find a shortcut to Asia? |
Henry Hudson |
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When did Henry Hudson sail to America for the Dutch? |
1609 |
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The Dutch quickly claimed what area that Hudson explored as their own due to the plentiful beaver skins. |
the southern part of New York |
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Who sailed down from Quebec and explored what is now the northern part of New York? |
Samuel de Champlain |
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Since New York is a part of North America, who also claimed New York? |
England |
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The Dutch built a small village there that they called ____ ____. |
Fort Orange |
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The Dutch bought which New York city from the Indians, and built a village there? |
Manhattan Island |
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What did the Dutch name their new city of Manhattan Island? |
New Amsterdam |
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What was the capital of the Netherlands that the Dutch named Manhattan Island after? |
Amsterdam |
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What did the Dutch name their whole colony? |
New Netherland |
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Who was the governor of the colony of New Netherland who refused to surrender to the British? |
Peter Stuyvesant |
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When the British took over the New York colony from the Dutch, they changed a few names . . . New Amsterdam became ____ ____ ____, and New Netherland was called ____ ____. |
New York City and New York |
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Who became interested in beginning a colony in the New World? |
Sweden |
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Who formed the first successful settlement in Delaware? |
a few Swedish settlers |
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The Swedes built a fort to protect themselves . . . name that fort. |
Fort Christina |
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What is Fort Christina called today? |
it is the city of Wilmington, Delaware |
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Who took over all of New Sweden in 1655? |
the Dutch |
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When did the Dutch take over all of New Sweden? |
1655 |
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Who took New Sweden away from the Dutch? |
the English |
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When did the Dutch begin the first permanent settlement in New Jersey? |
1660 |
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In 1660, the Dutch began the first permanent settlement where? |
New Jersey |
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Who gave New Jersey its name? |
Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley |
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Who began the first settlement in Pennsylvania? |
Swedish settlers |
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What was the first name settlement in Pennsylvania? |
Chester |
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What is a group of people whose beliefs seemed so strange to others that they were not even welcome in the new American colonies? |
Quakers |
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Who became a Quaker too? |
William Penn |
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What did the king name the new colony meaning "Penn's Woods?" |
Pennsylvania |
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When did William Penn send a group of settlers to choose a good place to build a town? |
1681 |
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What was the name Penn chose for his city which means "the city of brotherly love?" |
Philadelphia |
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Who are men chosen by the people? |
representatives |
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What is a group of representatives called? |
the House of Burgesses |
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Who asked the king for land in America where he could begin his own colony? |
George Calvert |
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Who was the son of George Calvert who continued his father's plans for Maryland? |
Cecil Calvert |
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People from England set sail on what 2 ships for the New World to find religious freedom? |
the Ark and the Dove |
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The first settlement in Maryland was ____ ____. |
St. Mary's |
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Who was free to worship freely in Maryland? |
the American Catholics |
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Both North and South Carolina became known as one large piece of land called ____. |
Carolana |
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Where did the first settlers of North Carolina come from? |
Virginia |
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The village of Charles Town became what city? |
Charleston |
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What was South Carolina's first permanent settlement? |
Charles Town |
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What is a valuable blue dye? |
indigo |
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Large farms are also called ____. |
plantations |
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What would happen to people who were too poor to pay their bills? |
they were placed in prison |
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Who was a member of the English government who wanted to help the poor people by providing work in America? |
James Oglethorpe |
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What colony was named after King George II? |
Georgia |
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Who became the first governor of Georgia? |
James Oglethorpe |
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What was the first settlement in Georgia? |
Savannah |
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Who was a great preacher and started the first orphanage in America? |
George Whitefield |
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How long did it take for all of the colonies to be formed? |
125 years |
