Colonial New York

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

• Dutch

• English

• Huguenots

• Germans

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

• Africans

• Native Americans

• Huguenots

• Germans

Which group of people introduced ice skating to New York?

• Native Americans

• Huguenots

• Eskimos

• Dutch

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

• slave

• artisan

• indentured servant

• apprentice

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

• the slave trade.

• the indentured servant trade.

• the apprentice trade.

• the artisan trade.

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

Which of these workers is doing a type of SERVICE job?

• farmer

• baker

• merchant

• teacher

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

• indentured servant

• cooper

• apprentice

• student

Which of these describes a colonial MANOR?

• 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

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

• 3 months

• six months

• ten months

• twelve