1. What country did Giovanni da Verrazano sail for?

a. France
b. Spain
c. Netherlands
d. Italy

2. What was the name of the trading post Champlain founded?

a. Roanoke
b. Quebec
c. Montreal
d. Jamestown

3. What did Peter Minuit buy from the Native Americans?

a. Manhattan Island
b. Dutch West India Company
c. New Netherland
d. Fort Orange

4. Which of the following was a governor of New Netherland?

a. Peter Stuyvesant
b. Anne Hutchinson
c. Isaac Jogues
d. Henry Hudson

5. The Dutch surrendered New Netherland to which country?

a. France
b. Spain
c. Sweden
d. England

6. What did indentured servants have to do upon arriving in New York?

a. work until they paid off their ticket
b. they were enslaved for life
c. work for a year before being free
d. work for seven years before being free

7. What happened to New York when England and Scotland formed Great Britain?

a. It became an English colony
b. New York was given to the French.
c. It became a British colony.
d. It became a new colony.

8. Why did moving to New York appeal to so many immigrants?

a. New York had its own government
b. New York’s tradition of tolerance
c. there were many doctors in New York
d. New York had it’s own military

9. Why couldn’t settlers buy land in western New York?

a. The French owned the land.
b. Queen Anne forbade it.
c. It belonged to the Iroquois.
d. It was not suitable for farming.

10. Which was a major blow to the French during the French and Indian War?

a. Fort William was captured.
b. Quebec was captured.
c. General Braddock was defeated.
d. Pittsburgh was captured.