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1. Important People Important Terms Explorers Early New Jersey American Revolution 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2pt 2pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4pt 4 pt 4pt 5pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt

2. Who is Henry Hudson?

3. He sailed on the Half Moon looking for a route to the Far East for the Dutch

4. Who is Peter Stuyvescant?

5. He is the very strict director general of New Amsterdam

6. Who is Giovanni da Verrazano? Provide 3 details .

7. He was born in Italy, but sailed for France. He is known for discovering the New York Harbor.

8. Who is George Washington?

9. The leader of the Continental Army and the first president of the United States.

10. Who is Paul Revere?

11. He rode all night to warn the people that the British soldiers were coming.

12. What is a loyalist?

13. The group of people that remained loyal to the king.

14. What are Patriots?

15. The group of people that wanted independence from the king.

16. What are taxes?

17. An portion of money that had to be paid for an item that would go to the King.

18. What is the Declaration of Independence?

19. A letter written to the King, from the colonists, explaining why they want to separate from England.

20. What is a delegate?

21. A person chosen to speak and act for a group of people

22. Why did explorers come to North America? Provide 3 reasons.

23. In search of trading partners, new goods, and new trade routes.

24. Why did trappers want beaver pelt?

25. Trappers wanted beaver pelt because it was popular in Europe and made the trappers wealthy.

26. New Jersey was originally called New Netherland and New Sweden. Why did it change names?

27. New Jersey changed names depending upon which European country had control of the area at any given time.

28. Why were the English attracted to the New Jersey region?

29. They were attracted to this region because if its natural resources.

30. Explain how the lives of the Lenape had changed when the Europeans began settling in the New World.

31. The colonists took over Lenape Lands and passed deadly diseases to them. Many were forced west across the Delaware.

32. Who did King Charles II give the land of New Jersey to after taking it over from the Dutch?

33. The Duke of York

34. What were the capitals of East and West Jersey?

35. East Jersey was Burlington and West Jersey was Perth Amboy.

36. Explain why the Dutch, Scotch-Irish, German, French, English, and Jewish settlers came to NJ. Provide 3 reasons.

37. Many came for more land, to avoid taxes, and to practice their religion in peace.

38. Explain how triangular trade worked. Provide at least 3 details.

39. 1. The colonists had to provide raw materials to England. 2. England would then export the goods. 3. The key was for England to export all goods and make more money for the king.

40. Discuss the positive or negative affects of mercantilism.

41. Positive: • People always had work • Laws were lax and many smuggled goods from other countries • Colonists were better off than English. • Negative: • Colonists were treated like children. • Couldn’t trade with anyone but England. • South was favored because of rice and tobacco.

42. Describe 3 abuses of the King.

43. 1. He tells us these soldiers can do whatever they want and don't have to obey the law. 2. He won't let us buy and sell things from wherever we want. We can only buy things from England. 3. He makes us pay all kinds of taxes without asking us about it.

44. Explain how the colonists communicated to the king that they wanted independence.

45. They wrote him a letter called The Declaration of Independence.

46. What was the first battle of the American Revolution?

47. The Battle of Lexington, located in Boston, Massachusetts.

48. Why was the Battle of Trenton important?

49. On Christmas Eve, 1776, Washington made a gutsy move. Most of his soldiers would be ending their commitment in 3 days. He would have no army. The weather was horrible. It was snowing, freezing, and some men didn't have coats or shoes. Washington gathered his men, horses, canons, etc, and in several boats, crossed the Delaware, fighting ice as they went.; they marched 8 miles in a snowstorm to attack the Hessian (German) soldiers while they were resting from their holiday celebration. They were successful. That was the Battle of Trenton. It was an amazing victory that put Congress on notice that Washington was indeed invaluable to the cause.

50. Describe the geography of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. Identify one product that came from each of the colonies.