Lenape
The Lenape build mounds of these by the banks of the Hudson and East Rivers
What are shells?
This company originally ran the colony of New Amsterdam.
What is the Dutch West Indies Company?
This man's death was made into a famous painting
Who was General Wolfe?
This woman told her husband not to forget the ladies as he went off to write the Declaration of Independence
Who was Abigail Adams?
These are the enemy of all humankind
What are raisins?
This is the name that the Lenape gave to their part of the world
What is the Lenapehoking?
He was the governor of New Amsterdam who did not want Jewish people to settle here
Who was Peter Stuyvesant?
This man was king during the American Revolution
Who was George III?
This man was president right before Abraham Lincoln
Who was James Buchanan?
Why has Chris been working late?
What is because he is a teacher?
The Lenape lived in buildings called this
What are wigwams?
Verrazano and Hudson were both looking for this when they arrived in NYC for the first time
What is a quicker route to Asia?
This monument honors the people who died on British prison ships during the Revolution
What is the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument?
He thought that NYC should secede from the United States at the start of the Civil War
Who was Fernando Wood?
This is the best pizza in NYC
What is there is no correct answer?
This is where some Lenape ended up after being forced off their land
What is Oklahoma?
Why were beavers seen as being so valuable? There are two answers to this one
What is:
Because their fur was valuable and beaver "juice" was seen as a cure for many health problems?
The British taxed the American colonists to help pay off the debt from this war
What is the 7 Years War (French and Indian War)?
This man helped Frederick Douglass when he arrived in NYC
Who was David Ruggles?
This bounty hunter in theory died when he was cast into the Pit of the Saarlac
Who is Boba Fett?
The Lenape refer to the world as this
What is Turtle Island?
This was the name of Henry Hudson's ship
What is the Half Moon?
New York was named for this future King of England
Who is James II?
This woman came to NYC during the Great Migration and became a sculptor
Who was Augusta Savage?
This French philosopher believed in human rights and, you know, not torturing people
Who was Voltaire?