Author Question: All of the following were characteristics of New Netherland except a. New England immigrants made ... (Read 58 times)

LCritchfi · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

All of the following were characteristics of New Netherland except

a. New England immigrants made up half its population of 10,000 in 1664.
b. its development was not a priority of the Dutch.
c. it took on an aristocratic tint, including feudal estates known as patroonships.
d. its main seaport city was the cosmopolitan New Amsterdam,
e. it was established by the Dutch East India Company.

Question 2

The idea of transporting blacks back to Africa was

a. a recognition of blacks' desire to preserve their culture.
b. never carried out.
c. advocated by Frederick Douglass.
d. proposed by the African nation of Liberia.
e. an expression of widespread American racism.