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WorksheetsNJ-Chapter 4
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Who was Henry Hudson sent by?
England
Dutch
France
New Jersey
The land of New Jersey was first known as
New Netherland
New York
Burlington
Hudson's Bay
What was the name of the first permanent town?
Essex
Hudson
Bergen
New Netherland
What was an important reason why the Lenape move west?
They just wanted to see what the west had to offer
Farming was becoming more important so people were taking over the land that once belonged to the Lenape.
The European settlers paid for them to leave the land.
Peter Stuyvesant was
a king
a man who first found the land
a proprietor
a governor of New Netherlands who was concerned with the Lenape
True or False: NJ proprietors lived in the colony.
True
False
To try to get more settlers to the colony, Philip Carteret
promised religious freedom and low rent
promised new cars to everyone
forced everyone into slavery
gave everyone a piece of land
The capital of West Jersey was
Perth Amboy
Bergen
Wildwood
Burlington
The capital of East Jersey was
Burlington
Perth Amboy
Wildwood
Bloomfield
What did the constitution in 1665 guarantee?
religious freedom
free land
10 acres of property to all the men
free food for life
What was the popular religion in New Jersey at this time?
Catholic
Quaker
Dutch
English
True or False: NJ was a part of the Middle Colonies.
True
False
What were some of the roles that women had in the colony?
taught in the school
farmed, hunted, went fishing
cared for the family, cared for the house, cared for the farm
What is a colony?
a place ruled by another country
a place where there is a large amount of land
land that was once owned by Native Americans
land taken over by one person
A person who works for someone else for a period of time and then gets to be free is called
a slave
a proprietor
an indentured servant
a colonist
Who could vote?
Men and women who owned land
Anyone in the colony
Only white men who owned land
Anyone over 18
True or False: The Lenape and Europeans always got along.
True
False
The center for trading was known as
Manhattan Island
Long Beach Island
Bergen
New York
The first proprietors of New Jersey were
Cornelius Mey and Peter Stuyvesant
John Berkeley and George Carteret
George Carteret and Philip Carteret
John Cabot and Giovanni de Verrazano
The Lenape traded what with Henry Hudson?
land
their houses
knives
animal fur
