Colonial New York History

What was Fort Orange?

• The first permanent European settlement in New York

• The English town that sent colonists to the New World

• A plantation where the colonists grew and sold oranges

• A group of businessmen

What was the Dutch West India Company?

• The first permanent settlement

• A group of businessmen that sent Dutch colonists to the New World

• The landowners who promised to help settle farmers on their land

• The English town that sent colonists to the New World

What country fought the Dutch and later gained control of New Amsterdam?

• Spain

• France

• England

• Sweden

His victory in court was a great step toward freedom of the press.

• Peter Minuit

• Peter Stuyvesant

• Henry Hudson

• John Peter Zenger

A settlement that was ruled by another country is called a __________________.

• Patroon

• Indentured Servant

• Native American

• Colony

What role did Peter Minuit play in the early development of New Amsterdam?

• A governor who treated the people badly and caused many to leave the colony.

• A governor who believed that placement near rivers would help trade.

• A governor who fought many battles against the Native Americans.

• A governor who sold much of the land to the English, starting the downfall of the Dutch settlement.

What role did Peter Stuyvesant play in the continued development of New Amsterdam?

• A governor who started the first school, police department, and fire brigade

• A governor who treated them fairly and signed a peace treaty with the Native Americans

• A governor who built the first pier in what is now the New York harbor

• All of the Above

The city that grew around the fort at the tip of Manhattan

• England

• New Amsterdam

• New Netherlands

• Fort Orange

Money that people pay to the government so that it can perform services

• taxes

• colonist

• economy

• rent

New Netherland was renamed ______________________

• New Orange

• New Amsterdam

• New York

• New France