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New Netherlands

Authored by Tshaka Randall

Social Studies

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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In the end New Amsterdam became ...

Albany

Fort Orange

Jersey City

New York City

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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New Netherlands was ruled by the ______. When the colony was renamed New York it was ruled by the ______.

Spanish, French
French, Dutch
Dutch, English
English, Dutch

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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What is the original name of the settlement that became present-day Manhattan?

Fort Orange
Aquebogue
New Amsterdam
Belgium

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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Which angry, stern governor started many new laws in New Amsterdam and also made a fire department and public schools?

Peter Minuit
Henry Hudson
Peter Stuyvesant
Willem Kieft

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Who settled New Netherland in 1621?

The English

The Spanish

The Dutch

The Americans

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

How did the English take New Netherland from the Dutch?

The English won a war.

The Dutch governor surrendered the colony.

The Dutch ran away.

The English paid the Dutch for the colony.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What was the purpose of the colony of New Netherland?

to create a beautiful place for people to live

to create a place that would make money for the country called the Netherlands

to create long-lasting friendships with Native Americans

to allow people of the Netherlands to get exciting metal tools

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