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Directions: First, click on Internet Explorer. From there type in Google.com. When on Google, type in: Raritan River Lesson Plans. We will use the first website that comes up: Raritan River Educational Page. Click on that website. Or you may use the following Website:

http://192.107.108.56/portfolios/y/yusko_l/RaritanRiver/

to help you with this Web Quest. Click on the heading History of the River. Read about the Raritan River’s important role in our area’s history and answer the following questions.

• Why did the Lenni Lenape Indians choose to live along the 
  Raritan River? ___________________________________.
  
  
• What was the main food for the Lenni Lenape Indians?

_______________________ and ____________________.

• Give 4 reasons why colonial settlements developed along the 
  Raritan River.

  1.________________________________________

  2.________________________________________

  3.________________________________________

  4.________________________________________
  
  

• Give 3 reasons how the Raritan River played an important role 
  in the Revolutionary War.

  1.___________________________________________

2.___________________________________________

3.___________________________________________

• Water-power from the Raritan River was very important during the Industrial Revolution. Name the 4 types of mills powered by the Raritan River’s water:

  1.___________________________________________

  2.___________________________________________

  3.___________________________________________

  4.___________________________________________
  
  

   

• What types of industries flourished during the Industrial Revolution?

1.___________________________________________

2.___________________________________________