| Term |
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| Description |
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| cooper |
craftsman who makes barrels |
| William Penn |
was given land in America by King Charles II as payment for a debt the king owed to his father |
| Henry Hudson |
explorer who first claimed the New York area for the Dutch |
| Peter Stuyvesant |
governor of New Amsterdam who was not well liked by his people |
| Quakers |
members of a peaceful religious group that supported freedom of religion and were against war |
| Governor Island |
small island in New York Harbor that was once used as a retreat for government officials |
| Delaware |
colony first settled by the Swedes as a farming community |
| New Jersey |
colony originally divided into two parts with two separate governments |
| Manhattan |
island bought the Dutch bought from the American Indians for small items worth about $24.00 |
| New Amsterdam |
New York was first called by this name when it was under Dutch control |
| Pennsylvania |
means Penn's Woods |
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