Chapter 6 Test Review

What country owned New Netherlands?

• Dutch
• England
• France
• Spain

What group controlled the Hudson River Valley in 1621?

• Dutch Company
• Dutch West India Company
• West India Company
• India Company

What city became the capital of New Netherlands?

• Manhattan Island
• New York City
• New Netherlands City
• New Amsterdam

Who took over the Dutch West India Company in 1646?

• Henry Hudson
• Peter Minuit
• Peter Stuyvesant
• The Duke of York

Which of the following did Peter Stuyvesant NOT do?

• A strong leader
• gave the colonists a say in the government
• expanded into Delaware and New Jersey
• Stopped fighting between the colony and its neighbors

The English King felt New Netherlands was stopping the English Colonies from expanding.

• true
• false

The English King wanted to rule the colonies himself.

• true
• false

The colonists and Stuyvesant fought hard to keep New Netherlands.

• True
• false

The Duke of York split New Netherlands into New York and New Jersey in 1664.

• true
• false

What did New Amsterdam turn into?

• New York
• The capital of New York
• New Jersey
• New York City