4:2 Flashcards

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Patroons

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Rich families who got a lot of land in exchange that they bring farming families to new Netherlands

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Peter Stuyvesant

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The governor of new Netherlands who was going to protect the colonists when the British came. But he was unpopular and had no weapons so he surrendered.

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Proprietary colony

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When the king gave land to people to work

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Proprietors

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The people who lived in proprietary colonies who were free to divide the land and govern it under English law

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Royal colony

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A colony under the control of the English crown.

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William Penn

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Founded Pennsylvania. Was a Quaker

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Quakers

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They believed everyone was equal under gods eye. Were hated by England

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Pennsylvania Dutch

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A group on newer people in America who were German. They were known as this because no one could pronounce the word Duetsch which means German

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Cash crops

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Crops that are sold for money at the market.

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Breadbasket colonies

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The middle colonies exported so much grain that they became known as this.

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Back country

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An area of land going along the Appalachian mountains.

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Great wagon road

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An old Iroquois trial along the backcountry

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