Social Studies Unit 2 Flashcards
Europe
They were the first European settlers to come to the New Netherlands?
Fur Traders
Peter Stuyvesant was an?
Early Governor of New Netherlands
Most settlers in New Amsterdam came from
The Netherlands
Three famous explores who reached New Jersey were?
Henry Hudson, Cornelius May, and Giovani Da Verrazano
The European explorer thought this would make travel to Asia easier
Northwest Passage
King Charles ll gave New Netherlands to
His Brother
The effect of the arrival of the Colonel Nicholls fleet in New York Bay in 1664 was
New Netherlands surrendered to the British
The town of Burlington was known for
Religious tolerance
Many settlers in East Jersey came from
Scotland
William Penn and John Fenwick were
Quakers who established a colony in West Jersey
Berkeley and Carteret divided the territory between them as
West Jersey and East Jersey
Delaware viewed land ownership as
a gift from their creator to be shared by all.
The document titled laws, concessions and agreements described the
Quaker government
John Woolman lived among the Delaware
to understand their way of live
East and West Jersey were reunited because
Proprietors (land owners) in East and West Jersey returned control of the area to the British.
Settlers make transporting produce easier by
building roads
Penn and the Delaware were _____ to each other and the land
respectful
Many Quakers left England to settle in North America to
Avoid religious persecution in England
Europeans used wampan
money
Popular farming methods used in Delaware include:
Planted different types of crops together. Planted uneven rows or no rows at all. Leaving tree stumps in fields.
Describe the colony of New Netherlands:
The colony was originally established for fur trading. Settlers soon arrived from Netherlands and established the city of Bergen. Settlers traded with Delaware getting fur in exchange for blankets and other European goods. People with different religions settled in the colony.
What was the effect of the way that William Penn and John Woolman treaded the Delaware?
Both William Penn and John Woolman treated the Delaware fairly and respected their culture. The settlers and the Delaware lived together peacefully for more than 50 years. (Penn and Chief Tamanend Signed a treaty under an elm tree near the Delaware River.
