Week 11 Word Scramble
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Term | Description |
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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