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Middle Colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| patroon | a person given land and granted certain manorial privileges under the former Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey |
| proprietary colony | a type of British colony especially in North America and the Caribbean in the 17th century. In the British Empire, all land belonged to the king, and it was his prerogative to divide |
| royal colony | a Crown colony, also known in the 17th century as royal colony, was a type of colonial administration of the English and later British Empire. Crown, or royal, colonies were ruled by a governor appointed by the monarch |
| pacifists | a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable |
| cash crop | a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower |
| Conestoga wagon | a large covered wagon used for long-distance travel, typically carrying pioneers in the westward migration |
| apprentice | a person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages |
| frontier | a line or border separating two countries |
| Leaders for New York? | The Dutch |
| People of New York? | Henry Hudson, Peter Minuit, Peter Stuyvesant |
| Reasons founded for New York & Delaware? | to expand trade |
| Who is Henry Hudson? | New York, an explorer, founded New York, the Hudson Bay, and Hudson River |
| Who is Peter Minuit? | the governor of the New York colony |
| Who is Peter Stuyvesant? | New York, last dutch director, the general of the colony New Netherland |
| Who were the leaders of New Jersey? | John Berkeley and George Carteret |
| Who is John Berkeley? | founder of New Jersey |
| Who is George Carteret? | lieutenant governor of New Jersey |
| Who is "The James Duke of NY"? | he's responsible for the name of NY, gave the farmers land because he had a lot of extra land |
| Reason's founded of NJ? | profit from selling land. New York was too large |
| Who is William Penn? | Pennsylvania, an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania |
| Reasons founded for Pennsylvania? | religious freedom, profit from selling trade (tolerance) |
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