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NJ-Chapter 4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Henry Hudson sent by?

a)

England

b)

Dutch

c)

France

d)

New Jersey

2.

The land of New Jersey was first known as

a)

New Netherland

b)

New York

c)

Burlington

d)

Hudson's Bay

3.

What was the name of the first permanent town?

a)

Essex

b)

Hudson

c)

Bergen

d)

New Netherland

4.

What was an important reason why the Lenape move west?

a)

They just wanted to see what the west had to offer

b)

Farming was becoming more important so people were taking over the land that once belonged to the Lenape.

c)

The European settlers paid for them to leave the land.

5.

Peter Stuyvesant was

a)

a king

b)

a man who first found the land

c)

a proprietor

d)

a governor of New Netherlands who was concerned with the Lenape

6.

True or False: NJ proprietors lived in the colony.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

To try to get more settlers to the colony, Philip Carteret

a)

promised religious freedom and low rent

b)

promised new cars to everyone

c)

forced everyone into slavery

d)

gave everyone a piece of land

8.

The capital of West Jersey was

a)

Perth Amboy

b)

Bergen

c)

Wildwood

d)

Burlington

9.

The capital of East Jersey was

a)

Burlington

b)

Perth Amboy

c)

Wildwood

d)

Bloomfield

10.

What did the constitution in 1665 guarantee?

a)

religious freedom

b)

free land

c)

10 acres of property to all the men

d)

free food for life

11.

What was the popular religion in New Jersey at this time?

a)

Catholic

b)

Quaker

c)

Dutch

d)

English

12.

True or False: NJ was a part of the Middle Colonies.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What were some of the roles that women had in the colony?

a)

taught in the school

b)

farmed, hunted, went fishing

c)

cared for the family, cared for the house, cared for the farm

14.

What is a colony?

a)

a place ruled by another country

b)

a place where there is a large amount of land

c)

land that was once owned by Native Americans

d)

land taken over by one person

15.

A person who works for someone else for a period of time and then gets to be free is called

a)

a slave

b)

a proprietor

c)

an indentured servant

d)

a colonist

16.

Who could vote?

a)

Men and women who owned land

b)

Anyone in the colony

c)

Only white men who owned land

d)

Anyone over 18

17.

True or False: The Lenape and Europeans always got along.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The center for trading was known as

a)

Manhattan Island

b)

Long Beach Island

c)

Bergen

d)

New York

19.

The first proprietors of New Jersey were

a)

Cornelius Mey and Peter Stuyvesant

b)

John Berkeley and George Carteret

c)

George Carteret and Philip Carteret

d)

John Cabot and Giovanni de Verrazano

20.

The Lenape traded what with Henry Hudson?

a)

land

b)

their houses

c)

knives

d)

animal fur