Middle Colonies Flashcards
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Peter Stuyvesant
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Director-general of the Dutch New Netherland colony, he was forced to surrender New Netherland to the English
2
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Quakers
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Society of friends; Protestant sect founded in 1640s in England whose members believed that that salvation was available to all people
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William Penn
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Quaker leader who founded a colony for Quakers in Pennsylvania; the colony provided an important example of representative self-government and became a model of freedom and tolerance
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Staple Crops
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A crop that is continuously in demand