SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Using a fraudulent deed.
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Using a trap.
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Using an outdoorsman in an unfair advantage.
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Using another Native American tribe.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Unbeknownst to the Lenni Lenape, Thomas Penn took measures to ensure that the distance covered by his “walkers” would be as large as possible. Among other things, Thomas Penn had a straight path cleared through the forests and hired three of the fastest runners in the province.
Detailed explanation-2: -Because many colonists in Pennsylvania were antiwar, the relationships with Native Americans in Pennsylvania tended to be more peaceful compared to other British colonies.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Delaware Indians were originally known as the Lenape or Lenni Lenape Indians, the name they called themselves. The American colonists named them the Delaware Indians. Original homelands: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the end, they fell victim to new diseases brought by European settlers, and to attacks by Marylanders and by the Iroquois, which destroyed them as a nation by 1675. A few descendants were among the Conestoga Indians who were massacred in 1763 in Lancaster County.