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3. What English explorer named John got England fishing rights, after exploring Newfoundland, Nova Scotia & Labrador. John reached American first, which let England claim the whole east coast of North America. His son Sebastian was on that boat as well. What was this English explorer's last name who claimed the New World for England in 1497 ?
5. What Peace Treaty gave the British NYC ?
8. Mulberry trees grew wild in NYC some with leaves as large as a plate. Edible grapes and wild berries grew all over NYC. Goovert Loockerman owned a seven acre cherry orchard in the 1660's which became Cherry Street, after being used as a bowling green by a beer garden. What part of NYC's green past, grew better when imported to NYC, than they did in England ?
10. Many immigrants from one European country first moved just north of Pine Street. Soon they moved to a larger neighborhood which stretched to 14th street in the East Village from Division street in Lower East Side. What was this European country which had 3000 American immigrants in 1710, who made tar for the British Royal Navy ?
11. The second major fire during the British occupation on August 3, 1778 was at what NYC wharf ?
12. Thomas Jones book, the History of NYC during the Revolutionary War, claims that 60,000 books were looted, but it seems to be a typographical error. The British looted the Corporation Library, the 1754 New York Society Library, the Union Library Society of NY and the Kings College Library. Aproximately how many thousand books did the British troops steal from NYC during the American Revolution ?
13. The British built the second City Hall on Wall and Broad from the curtain of planks from Wall street's former wall. What Church did the British build with the materials from this old Wall which did not slow down their takeover of NYC ?
16. The Duke expanded the farms northern border past Warren Street. The Company's Farm became the Church Farm before being called Duke's Farm. The Company's Farm sat on the West side of Broadway from Fulton to its northern border of Warren Street. Where was the northern border of the Duke's Farm when the British took over NYC ?
19. A 1733 Act placed a prohibitive duty on the import of one item from any area Non-British. What Act was the first trade-regulation law imposed by the British ?
21. Oliver was the senior loyalist officer of the British army, whose land was forfeited to the State after the American revolution. What was this NYC estate that was taken away because of Oliver's loyalty to the English ?
22. A painting of King William of Orange, was on a sign that hung over the front door of Roger Baker's tavern in 1701. Members of the Committees of Council and Assembly met at this English Inn, as well as travelers and sea rovers. This Inn was at the corner of Maiden and Pearl streets. What was the name of this first English Inn in NYC ?
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1. A US President defended British Captain Thomas Preston, and the 8 soldiers who committed the Boston Massacre (1770). All but two were acquitted, and those two escaped with branded thumbs after the benefit of clergy provision was used. British Captain Thomas Preston and the eight soldiers were defended by what President ?
2. Sir Frances Drake was the first Englishman to sail around the world (1577). The English navigator named John Davis, looked for the Northwest Passage from 1585 to 1587. The Navigator called Prince Henry was a dreamer, scholar, monk and crusader. Where was Prince Henry from ?
4. When the British took NYC in 1664, they filled in the polluted canal (to make it less like a Dutch city). The Wall on Wall Street was torn down in the 169O's. When England took NYC from the Dutch in 1664, only 600 pounds of powder was stored in the town at that point in history. What percentage of the 1,500 citizens were able to fight against the British ?
6. The Stamp Act was an 1765 act, that put a tax on every piece of printed paper the colonists used. The British Stamp Act of 1765 was to pay for what War (it was also called the French and Indian War) ?
7. Inigo Jones an English architect in 1620, designed a star-shaped fort, that he thought should be constructed of stone and lime (not wood) and surrounded by a moat. English commander Richard Nicholls called Fort Amsterdam, Fort James which he named after James II the Duke of York on August 29th, 1664 (until 1673). When the Dutch reconquered NYC in 1673, this Fort was called Fort Willem Hendrick until 1674. The Dutch first named the it Fort Manhattes (1614-1626), then Fort Amsterdam (1626-1664). What name did many British citizens first call this Fort ?
9. A Captain named John lead a group of New England mercenaries hired by Governor Kieft to raid Indian villages. these mercenaries were fined, imprisoned, or banished by Governor Stuyvesant. What was this famous Quaker English Indian fighter last name who also built up the old 1625 animal wall (just north of Wall street) to protect the town from Indian retaliation in 1643 ?
12. Several sugar houses were used as prisons by the British during the Revolutionary War, Van Cortlandt’s Sugar House, Livingston Sugar House, and Rhinelander Sugar House. Van Cortlandt’s Sugar House was on the NW corner of Trinity Church by Thames Street until 1852. The 5 story 1756 Livingston Sugar House on Liberty Street stood until June 1840. Rhinelander Sugar House (1763) was at the SW corner of Rose and Duane Streets until 1892. Sugar houses were ideal prisons due to their strong thick stone structures with small windows and low ceilings. Morris-Jumel and the Dyckman Farmhouse were both used as prisons during the British occupation as well as Dissenting churches, Columbia College, and the Hospital. Because of the fire of 1776 many American patriots were savagely held on 25 prison what ?
14. The Sugar Act of 1764, was not concerned with regulating trade, but to raise revenue for the British. The Currency Act was also created in 1764, this act prevented colony paper bills of credit to become legal tender. What Act was created in 1764, to provide quarters and supplies for British troops ?
15. A tax generator called Woolens Act of 1699, forced all wool products, and wool itself to be sold to the international markets before being resold back to the citizens of the New World. The English wool industry lobbied for the Woolens Act of 1699, which stated that no colony can export wool where ?
17. NYC's Dutch vlieboats (the English called them flyboats) under English rule were used to carry mail during the summer months. The northern postal route was a 10 day to three weeks trip (one way). In winter when the Hudson river froze over, a foot post was formed where the postal workers mostly skated North. What northern NY town was the mail taken to ?
18. Under British rule 20 % of NYC citizens were slaves. Out of the British 13 colonies besides Charleston, South Carolina, no other had more slaves than NYC. NYC slaves built Fort Amsterdam, the Stadt Huys (1st City Hall), lower Broadway, the Wall on Wall street and Trinity Church (twice). During British rule, what percent of New York City households owned slaves ?
20. British commander, Captain Manning let the Dutch retake NYC on August 9, 1673. When the Dutch retook NYC without firing a shot, Captain Manning was not harmed. Captain Manning was court martialed for treachery and cowardice, but never executed for treason. His sentence was to have his what broken over his head ?
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