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Vocabulary
Important People
New Netherlands
East/West Jersey
The Delaware and the Europeans
100

A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides

peninsula
100

This man lived among the Native Americans to understand the Delaware way of life.

John Woolman

100
The route that European explorers thought would make travel to Asia easier was called the...

Northwest Passage

100

What document described the new Quaker government of West Jersey?

Laws, Concessions, and Agreements

100
Settlers made transporting produce easier by...

building roads

200

a journey for a special purpose

expedition

200

These two men divided the territory of New Jersey between themselves.

Berkeley and Carteret

200

Most settlers in New Amsterdam came from this European country

the Netherlands

200

Many settlers in East Jersey came from this country.

Scotland

200

The Europeans used wampum in this way...

They used it as money in exchange for goods.

300
cruel treatment

persecution

300

He was an early governor of New Netherlands. Many people felt that his rule was harsh.

Peter Stuyvesant

300

The first European settlers to come to New Netherlands were mostly... (Hint: It's the job they had.)

Fur traders
300

The town of Burlington in West Jersey was known for this... (Many people came from England because of this)

religious tolerance

300
How did the Delaware view land ownership?
They felt that land was a gift from their Creator to be shared by all.
400

A land that is ruled by another country

colony

400

Name two Quakers that established a colony in West Jersey.

John Fenwick and William Penn

400

What did King Charles II do with the New Netherland colony?

He gave it to his brother. (James, Duke of York)

400

Why did many Quakers leave England to settle in North America? 

They experienced religious persecution in England.

400

This man (who was a Quaker) respected the Delaware lands and created a treaty with Chief Tamanend for the Delaware and colonists to leave in peace.

William Penn

500

fair treatment of people whose opinions or ways differ from your own

tolerance

500

These were the three explorers to reach the New Jersey area first. 

Giovanni da Verrazano, Henry Hudson, and Cornelius Mey

500

What happened because of the arrival of Colonel Nicoll's fleet in New York Bay in 1664?

New Netherland surrended to the British. (The British then took over the colony.)

500

Why were East Jersey and West Jersey reunited? (Who did they return the control to?)

Proprietors in East and West Jersey returned control to Britain. 

500
Name three farming methods used by the Delaware and not the English settlers.

They planted different crops together.
They planted in uneven rows or no rows at all.
They left tree stumps in the field.