Crash Course US History 4 Quakers, Dutch, and Ladies

The Dutch took New York from England during the Battle of Manhattan Island.

• True (T)

• False (F)

From it’s very beginning New Amsterdam/York was a commercial venture.

• T

• F

The Lenape Indians were treated well and paid fairly for Manhattan Island.

• T

• F

Pretty much anyone was allowed to move into New York as long as they could profit the colony.

• T

• F

Under the English, New York grew rapidly and offered economic freedom to women and blacks.

• T

• F

Pennsylvania was given to William Penn as a safe haven for Catholics.

• T

• F

Quakers were much less tolerant than others, supported slavery, and oppressed Native communities.

• T

• F

After William Penn died the respectful treatment of Native Americans declined, as evidenced by the 1737 “Walking Purchase” fraud.

• T

• F

Quakers were pacifists, opposed to “loose living,” and most men could vote.

• T

• F

Religious freedom and cheap land attracted a lot of German speaking immigrants to Pennsylvania.

• T

• F