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Guide - European Exploration and Settlement - Section One

1. Who were the Lenape, where did they settle in New Jersey, and describe their culture? What were their relations with European traders and settlers? What caused their demise?
2. Explain the founding of the Brotherton Reservation?
3. What were Verrazanno's intentions on crossing the Atlantic Ocean? What were his views of the natives? According to his diary, what realization did he come by the end of his 1524 voyage?
4. What problems hindered the development of New Sweden?
5. What were the intentions of the Dutch for their settlement in North America? What were Henry Hudson's finding from his Third Voyage to America? What was the purpose of the patroon system and quitrent?
6. How did the Dutch settlement along the west banks of the Hudson River develop under governors Kieft and Stuyvesant? What were the problems with the native settlers?
7. How did the English take possession of New Netherlands in 1664? What roles did Charles II, the Duke of York, and Richard Nicolls play in the founding of the colony of New Jersey?
8. What confusion regarding property existed with the beginning of the founding of the colony of New Jersey?
9. Why were Berkeley and Carteret named co-proprietors of New Jersey?
10. Describe New Jersey as a "proprietary" colony. How was it to be governed? What were the purposes of quitrent and headright?
11. What problems did Philip Carteret face as the first governor of the colony?
12. Who was George Fox and what was his interest in West Jersey?
13. How did New Jersey become geographically divided in 1676?
14. Evaluate New Jersey's colonial development under the 38 years of proprietary rule?15. What was Lord Cornbury's instructions from Queen Anne as the first royal governor of New Jersey?
16. Why did Lord Cornbury have such a notorious reputation?