Homes During Colonial Times
What was a colony?
A. A settlement ruled by another country.
B. A law that Peter Stuyvesant set up to prevent fires
A. A settlement ruled by another country.
The first school that children attended was called what?
A. A Dame School
B. An apprentice
A. A Dame School
This was the Dutch colony that included parts of New
York, New Jersey, and Delaware.
A. New Amsterdam
B. New Netherland
B. New Netherland
This was the first governor of New Amsterdam.
A. Peter Stuyvesant
B. Peter Minuit
B. Peter Minuit
What was a patroon?
A. A police force during Colonial times.
B. A landowner who brought 50 people to live on and work his land.
B. A landowner who brought 50 people to live on and work his land.
True or False:
Getting the firewood to keep the room warm was a chore that the boys were responsible for in school.
True!
This is where present-day Albany is today.
A. Fort Orange
B. New Netherland
A. Fort Orange
The governor that made new laws to make New Amsterdam safer was _______________.
A. Peter Stuyvesant
B. Peter Zenger
A. Peter Stuyvestant
What is a double house?
A. A house that has a business on the ground floor and a home upstairs.
B. A house that is twice the size of one house.
A. A house that has a business on the ground floor and a home upstairs.
What was the special kind of book used in Dame School called?
A. A hornbook
B. A Chromebook
A. A hornbook.
New York City was called...
A. Fort Orange
B. New Amsterdam
B. New Amsterdam.
True or False:
Peter John Zenger was a journalist who was put on trial for making fun of Governor William Cosby.
True!
True or False: An indentured servant was a person who promised to work for an employer in a colony for a period of time in return for a paid boat trip to that colony.
True!
This is what students wrote with during the Colonial Times.
A. Horn Pens
B. Quill Pens
B. Quill pens
What were two reasons why the Dutch West India Company was set up?
A. Find new areas to settle & trade with the Native Americans
B. To prevent fires and speeding in the streets
A. Find new areas to settle & trade with the Native Americans
This person started a whaling business on Long Island and sold whale oil for lamps and whale bones for buttons.
A. Margaret Phillipse
B. Martha Turnstall Smith
B. Martha Turnstall Smith
True or False: Freedom of the Press meant that people could not print or tell the news.
False! It was the right of people to print or tell the news.
What is one thing that is different about school today and school during Colonial Times?
A. Colonial schools did not have any school supplies, and schools today have supplies
B. Colonial Schools did not have summer vacation, and schools today have summer vacation.
B. Colonial Schools did not have summer vacation, and schools today have summer vacation.
True or False:
The two largest communities in the New York colony were Albany and NYC.
True!
This person had a small fleet of ships and carried Long Island lumber, grain, and beef to New York with his ships.
A. Robert Livingston
B. Samuel Townsend
B. Samuel Townsend