Question 1

Self-government was important to the colonists because it meant they could...

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make their own laws and decisions

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keep the English from taking over New Netherland

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disagree with the decisions made by Peter Stuyvesant

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force everyone to go to church on Sundays

Question 2

A person chosen by a group and given power to make decisions for its members  is a

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representative

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duke

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jury

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tyrant

Question 3

John Peter Zinger was...

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the newspaper printer and editor who published articles against Governor Cosby

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the first governor of New York

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a Huguenot who founded New Rochelle and New Paltz

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a member of the first New York Assembly

Question 4

During the 1700s, the French and the British built forts to...

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protect the land they had claimed

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encourage more settlers to come to New York

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protect one another

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serve as trading posts

Question 5

Who led the group of soldiers to force the French out of the Ohio River valley?

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George Washington

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Benjamin Franklin

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William Clarke

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James Delancey

Question 6

What was true about New Amsterdam's government?

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they wanted self-government

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landowners voted to elect leaders

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the people liked the way Stuyvesant ran the city and gave him total control

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town leaders were appointed by the Dutch king

Question 7

After the English took control of the colony of New Netherland, they renamed it...

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New York

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Fort Orange

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New Amsterdam

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Albany

Question 8

Hueguenots came to New York for...

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religious freedom

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to get away from war

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to find jobs

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to settle rich lands

Question 9

The trial of John Peter Zenger introduced the idea of...

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freedom of the press

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writing as many newspaper articles against leaders as possible

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religious freedom in New York

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trial by jury

Question 10

Many of the goods and services produced in colonial New York were

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used by the people in New York  and the other English colonies

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not available to the people of New York

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not important to New York's economy

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shipped in from England

Question 11

What is manufacturing?

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the making of products

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the selling  of products

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the transporting of products

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the trading of products

Question 12

Most people living in colonial New York during the 1700s made their living

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as farmers

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as teachers

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as merchants

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by working in new industries

Question 13

Troubles between the French and the British over lands in North America led to the

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French and Indian War

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Proclamation of 1763

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increase in trade

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Albany Congress

Question 14

What did the Albany Plan of Union call for?

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the uniting of the colonies under one government

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the end of the French and Indian War

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the colonists and the Iroquois to become allies

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merchants to provide supplies to the British government

Question 15

The Proclamation of 1763 stated that

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all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains belonged to the Native Americans

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colonial governments had to help pay the debts caused by the French and Indian War

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all the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains belonged to farmers willing to settle there

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New Orleans belonged to the French

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