SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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Peter Stuyvesant
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Tamanend
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Metacomet
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chief Tamanend, also known as Tammany, was the leader of the Lenni-Lenape (Northeastern U.S.) people in the late 17th century. He was the leader who welcomed William Penn to what is now Pennsylvania.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tamanend (historically also known as Taminent, Tammany, Saint Tammany or King Tammany, “the Affable, ") ( c. 1625– c. 1701) was the Chief of Chiefs and Chief of the Turtle Clan of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley signing the Peace Treaty with William Penn.
Detailed explanation-3: -TAMANEND, A VILLAGE SACHEM Modern anthropologists estimate the population of the Lenni Lenape or Delaware Indians to which Tamanend belonged as between 2, 500 and 12, 000. Their prescence rested light as a bird’s wing over a vast region of forests and streams.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Treaty of Shackamaxon, also called the Great Treaty and Penn’s Treaty, was a legendary treaty between William Penn and Tamanend of the Lenape signed in 1682.