Week 18 Review

What was the conflict between the Dutch settlers and the Haudenosaunee about?

• Land ownership

• Women participating in trade

• Religious differences

• Language barriers

Who willingly surrendered New Amsterdam to the English?

• John Cabot

• Peter Minuit

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

What did John Cabot's voyage establish for England?

• Trade routes

• Ownership of North America

• Peace treaties

• New colonies in Asia

What did the Dutch focus mainly on?

• Settlement

• Agriculture

• Trade

• Religion

What were Dutch explorers mainly interested in?

• Gold mining

• Fur trade

• Spice trade

• Fishing

How did the English gain Native American lands?

• Through war

• By trading goods

• Through the credit system

• By signing treaties

What was the main difference between an indentured servant and an enslaved person?

• Indentured servants were paid for their work.

• Enslaved persons worked to pay off a debt.

• Indentured servants worked to pay a debt and were eventually freed.

• Enslaved persons were free to leave at any time.

Why did New York and the Southern Colonies use many enslaved Africans?

• They wanted to increase population.

• They needed workers for agriculture and to avoid high labor costs.

• They wanted to build more cities.

• They needed more soldiers.

The English gained Native American lands through the credit system by...

• trading land for weapons an metal tools

• individually selling land to the English to pay debts

• claiming the land that surrounded the trading posts

• having the Dutch West India Company surrendered it's holding

True or False: Enslaved people were forced to work and were never paid or freed.

• True

• False