Dutch and Colonial New York

What was true about religion in the New York Colony?

• It was against all Jewish people
• It only allowed Christians.
• People of all faiths were allowed to worship in their chosen religion.
• No one could worship in any religion.

True or False? The Lenni Lenape Indians did not understand that they were selling the land when Manhattan was purchased. They believed that land was for everyone's use and that no one person could own it. They thought the Dutch would use the natural resources and then leave.

• True

• False

In the 1600s, England was competing with other European countries for control of the land in North America.  Because of this and an explorer who claimed land in North America for England, they wanted to take control of New Netherland.  Who was this explorer?

• Jacques Cartier
• John Cabot
• Samuel de Champlain
• Giovanni da Verrazano

Because John Cabot claimed land for England in North America, the King of England "gave" New Netherland to his brother, James, Duke of York.  After this in 1664, what did the duke send to New Amsterdam to demand that the Dutch surrender?

• an important person with a great deal of power
• warships

True or false?  The heavily armed English warships that were sent to New Netherland encouraged the Dutch to surrender because their governor, Peter Stuyvesant, knew that they had no chance of winning.  The Dutch surrendered and the colony was now under British rule. 

• True
• False

What did the Dutch do to attract more settlers in 1629?

• Gave away free houses
• Paid settlers $10,000
• Gave a large area of land to a landowner, a patroon, who would pay to bring 50 settlers to New Netherland and those settlers would most likely work his land
• All of the above

Some of the first Africans to the Dutch colony were slaves and were wanted by the Dutch to...

• work the fields
• load ships with furs
• build homes and other buildings
• all of the above

What was the most important fur trading post in New Netherland?

• Fort Ticonderoga
• Fort Hudson
• Fort Orange

The Dutch West India Company wanted a governor in New Netherland who could improve conditions in the colony and increase profits.  In 1627, the Dutch hired "Old Silver Leg" to do this.  What was his real name?

• Peter Minuit
• Peter Stuyvesant
• Henry Hudson

What European nation was the first to start a colony in what is now New York?

• Netherlands
• England
• Spain