An organized system of leaders that runs a community or country.
What is a government?
100
Harsh rules made by lawmakers to control the lives of enslaved Africans.
What were the slave codes?
100
Spices, glassware, and teapots made of porcelain sent to New York from Great Britain are examples of these.
What are exports?
100
The two chores that colonial boys and girls did that were the same.
What are milking the cows and gathering eggs?
200
The buying and selling of enslaved people
What is slave trade?
200
The country that took control of New Netherland from the Dutch in 1664.
What is England?
200
A route from Europe to Africa, then Africa to America, and last America back to Europe.
What is the triangular trade route?
200
This industry was important to the colonists in order to be able to do all their trading.
What is shipbuilding?
200
Two things that colonial children did in their free time.
What are playing games and swimming?
300
An amount greater than what is used or needed.
What is surplus?
300
The Huguenots came to New York, from France, in search of this.
What is religious freedom?
300
The third part of the triangular trade route sent these items from the colonies back to Europe.
What are metals and timber?
300
Two examples of goods bought and two examples of goods sold in the colonies.
What are: books, sugar, spices, tea, fine pottery (bought), tools, feed, pots and pans, dishes, and cloth (sold)?
300
The main reason that music was important to early New Yorkers.
What is music helped them to preserve their culture (traditions)?
400
Products that people make, use, or share.
What are goods?
400
The group of people who could vote in elections in colonial New York.
Who are white male property owners?
400
3 examples of tasks that enslaved workers did inside the homes of colonial New Yorkers.
What are cook, clean, sew, empty chamber pots, watch the children, clean fireplaces?
400
Two important reasons that New York's location was very important to the colonists.
What are the harbor in New York City was where ships and boats brought goods in and out of New York and ships went to Great Britain so we can trade with them?
400
Four different ways that colonial children were educated.
What is public school, taught by parents, tutor, church group schools?
500
Someone who works for a more experienced person to learn a trade (skill).
What is an apprentice?
500
People who wanted to come to New York for better opportunities but couldn't afford to pay for their trip. These people promised to work for someone, without getting paid, in exchange for a free boat ride. Once they completed their obligation, they would be set free.
Who are indentured servants?
500
3 ways in which the enslaved people protested and revolted against the slave codes.
What is they refused to do certain kinds of work, went slowly on other tasks, set a building(s) on fire and killed several people who came to put out the fire?
500
Three ways and an example from each way that New Yorkers in colonial times made their living (made money).
What is farming, ran inns, artisans, merchants, skilled workers?
500
The different additional skills that boys and girls learned outside of school.
What are more of the family housework for girls and learning a trade as an apprentice for boys?