Seal of New York City by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York: The Knickerbocker Press 1915. (CC0)What conclusion regarding the early colonial period in New York can be drawn from a study of the above seal?Elimination ToolSelect one answerAThe region was a vital producer of wine.BIntermarriage with American Indians was encouraged.CLatin was used as the primary language.DFur trading with Indians was a key economic activity.

The Erie Canal helped make New York City the trading and financial hub of the United States.TrueFalse

The Article talks mainly about __________.A.how products and people flowed from New York to new frontiersB.DeWitt Clinton, who put into motion the building of the Erie CanalC.Jesse Hawley, whose ideas helped build the Erie Canal in New YorkD.how people who owed money were sent to debtors' prisons

Why or how does the Story of cannabis – play a central role in the story of settler colonialism? Group of answer choicesBecause hemp, harvested from the cannabis plan was important as a material for key components of shipsBecause convicts charged with smoking pot were sent to penal coloniesBecause colonists traded enslaved people for marijuanaBecause angry colonists fought each other over the money earned from trading cannabis

Which colonial region had the best, deep harbors, stimulating trade and economic liberalism?Group of answer choicesthe Northern Coloniesthe Middle Coloniesthe Southern Colonies

By the 1730s, Indian prophets like Neolin began preaching that Indians should __________.Group of answer choicesabandon their traditional religious customsreject European influences and revive traditional beliefsencourage trade with the American colonistsconsume greater quantities of alcohol during religious ceremonies