Vocabulary
People
People Cont'd
Life in NJ
Miscellaneous
100
What is a chart that shows events?
A time line
100

Who sailed west in 1492 from Spain to find a new water route from Europe to the indies?

Christopher Columbus

100
Who is an official appointed to rule a colony?
Governor
100
Who were the only group of people that could vote and serve in the assembly during the 1700s in New Jersey?
white men who owned land
100

To travel in unfamiliar places in order to learn about them.

Explore

200
What is the practice of making one person the property of another?
Slavery
200
Who was the Italian sailor who reached North America's eastern coast in 1497?
John Cabot
200
What was the name of a person who owned land and had the right to start a colony?
Proprietor
200
Why did many Quakers choose to live in New Jersey?
for religious freedom
200

What was life on the farm like for men and women?

Men- hunted and farmed

Women- cared for the home, children and cooked

300
What is a place ruled by another country?
A colony
300
Who was the Quaker that wrote the constitution for West Jersey?
William Penn
300
Who was the first governor of New Netherland?
Cornelius Mey
300
Despite the small industries that began, what continued to be the most important part of New Jersey's economy?
farming
300
What was the name of the first town built by the Dutch?
Bergen
400

Who was a member of the assembly?

A delegate

400
In 1609, who did the Dutch send in search for a water route through North America?
Henry Hudson
400
Who did the Duke of York name New Jersey after to honor?
Sir George Carteret
400
What was the difference between indentured servants and slaves?
-indentured servants: agreed to work; eventually got freedom -slaves: forced to work; didn't get freedom
400
New Jersey was part of the land that England ruled on the east coast, called __________________. New York, Delaware, and Pennsylvania were also part of this.
the Middle Colonies
500
What is a document that contains the basic rules for governing a colony or country?
Constitution
500
Who did the Duke of York send to America to defeat the Dutch?
Richard Nicolls
500
In 1702, who reunited East and West Jersey as the royal colony of New Jersey?
Queen Anne
500
Name 2 industries that began in New Jersey in the 1700s.
-iron mining -sawmills -glass factories -whaling/fishing
500

What was life like for the children of colonial New Jersey?

They worked on the farm and went to school only several weeks out of the year.

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