Colonial New York

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Which group of people migrated to New Paltz from FRANCE in 1678?

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Huguenots

Front

Which group of people migrated to the old Dutch town that they renamed Rhinebeck?

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Germans

Front

Which group of people introduced ice skating to New York?

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Dutch

Front

If you had a special skill, such as shoemaking, in colonial New York, you would be called a(n)...

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artisan

Front

The buying and selling of people in colonial New York was known as...

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the slave trade.

Front

Which of these is a way that enslaved people could try to gain freedom? by becoming governor, by buying their freedom, by voting to make slavery illegal, by becoming an artisan

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by buying their freedom

Front

Which of these workers is doing a type of SERVICE job? farmer, baker, merchant, teacher

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teacher

Front

An ____________ is a person who learns a skill from a more experienced person.

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apprentice

Front

Which of these describes a colonial MANOR? Options: a small farm, a large piece of land owned by one landowner, a small piece of land that a farmer rented from a landowner, Mr. Williams' house

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a large piece of land owned by one landowner

Front

Children in colonial New York only went to school for _____________.

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3 months