How did Jewish settlers come to New Amsterdam?

In September 1654, 23 Jewish refugees arrived from Recife in Dutch Brazil after Portugal took it. Governor Peter Stuyvesant asked the Dutch West India Company to keep them out, and the directors refused.

How did Williams get land for Providence?

He had learned the Narragansett language through trade. In 1636 the Narragansett leaders Canonicus and Miantonomi let him settle there.

8th Grade Founding the Colonies Worksheets

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Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

Founding the colonies covers the people and choices behind new settlements. There are 2 sheets for 8th grade here, each with an answer key. Roger Williams and the Founding of Rhode Island explains why he was banished and how he got land from the Narragansett, and Letter Asking to Stay in New Amsterdam, 1655 uses four fact cards on Jewish refugees from Recife. The sheets practice D2.His.3.6-8 and D2.His.4.6-8.

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Letter Asking to Stay in New Amsterdam, 1655

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TopicThe Thirteen Colonies

Roger Williams and the Founding of Rhode Island

Grade8th Grade

TopicThe Thirteen Colonies

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He argued that officials should not punish religious wrongs and that the king's charter gave no right to Native land unless it was bought. In October 1635 the Massachusetts Bay General Court ordered him to leave.

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