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Vocabulary
Government
This and That
Colonial Life
100
The owner of the colony re-named New York.
Who is King James II?
100
Something sold or traded to another country.
What is an export?
100
A person who makes sure the laws are obeyed in a county.
What is a sheriff?
100
Person or country that joins with another for a common purpose.
What is an ally?
100
Most farms in New were located___________________ and _________________.
What is the Hudson and Mohawk river valleys.
200
The British ruler who sent many new settlers to the colonies for sympathy with their religious beliefs.
Who is Queen Anne?
200
A large piece of land that the owner rents in smaller plots to a number of farmers.
What is a manor?
200
A group of people elected to make laws?
What is a legislature?
200
Person who works for an employer for a period of time in return for payment of travel expenses.
What is an indentured servant?
200
Merchants in New York exported___________,_________,__________, and _____.
What is wheat, furs, meat, lumber, fish and vegetables. (any four)
300
The richest man in the NY colony in the 1700's.
Who is Frederick Philipse?
300
Vehicle that carries passengers, freight and mail at set times over a set route.
What is boat? a packet
300
A law making body.
What is an assembly?
300
A person buys and sells goods.
What is a merchant?
300
The citizens of NY were like the citizens of Great Britain except________________________________.
What is they could not vote in elections for Parliament.
400
The newspaper printer whose trial was an important step toward freedom of the press.
Who was John Peter Zenger?
400
The amount greater than what is used or needed.
What is surplus?
400
The money collected to pay costs of government.
What is a tax?
400
Something brought in from another country for sale or use.
What is an import?
400
A problem that new settlers faces was_________________.
What is finding available land to settle.
500
The British General defeated and killed in 1755 during the French and Indian War.
Who is General Edward Braddock?
500
The laws and people that run a country, state, county, city, or town.
What is government?
500
The land that belongs to the king or queen?
What is a royal colony?
500
A way in which people decide for themselves what to sell or buy.
What is a market economy?
500
The war that determined who got most of the land in the colonies was called________________________.
What is The French and Indian War?
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