New Netherlands

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What happened when Peter Stuyvesant saw the warships? Options: He ran away scared., He had a party., He wanted to fight but the colonists didn't., He made a deal with the English.

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He wanted to fight but the colonists didn't.

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In the end New Amsterdam became ...
Options: Albany, Fort Orange, Jersey City, New York City

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New York City

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New Netherlands was ruled by the ______. When the colony was renamed New York it was ruled by the ______.

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Dutch, English

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What is the name of the settlement in present-day Manhattan? Options: Fort Orange, Aquebogue, New Amsterdam, Belgium

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New Amsterdam

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A person or group who settles in a colony is called a

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colonist

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Which angry, stern governor started many new laws in New Amsterdam and also made a fire department and public schools? Options: Peter Minuit, Henry Hudson, Peter Stuyvesant, Willem Kieft

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Peter Stuyvesant

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Who settled New Netherland in 1621? Options: The English, The Spanish, The Dutch, The Americans

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The Dutch

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How did the English take New Netherland from the Dutch? Options: The English won a war., The Dutch governor surrendered the colony., The Dutch ran away., The English paid the Dutch for the colony.

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The Dutch governor surrendered the colony.

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What was the purpose of the colony of New Netherland? Options: 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

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to create a place that would make money for the country called the Netherlands

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What were the people from the Netherlands called? French, English, Dutch, Indians

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Dutch