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WorksheetsNew Netherlands
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 45mins
In the end New Amsterdam became ...
Albany
Fort Orange
Jersey City
New York City
Who settled New Netherland in 1621?
The English
The Spanish
The Dutch
The Americans
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.
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
What were the people from the Netherlands called?
French
English
Dutch
Indians
The Dutch West India Company's goal was to ____.
trade for furs to make money
find the Northwest Passage
find gold in the rivers
set up schools for Native Americans
A settlement with the purpose of making money for the country that controls it is called a _____.
fort
state
post
colony
People who live in a colony are called "____."
natives
colonists
traders
farmers
The Dutch bought ________ Island from the Native Americans.
Long
Wellesley
Atlantis
Manhattan
The colony of New Netherlands was located in which 2 modern-day states?
New York
New Jersey
New Mexico
Tennessee
Texas
