Vocabulary
fees people pay to the government for a good or service
What are taxes?
European explorers wanted to find a way to get to this continent.
What is Asia?
The Dutch colony in North America was called this.
What is New Netherland?
Dutch settlement caused many Native Americans to do this.
What is move away or were forced to leave?
The leader of a colony was called this.
What is a governor?
a road or waterway travelers follow
What is a route?
This explorer sailed for Spain and is known for reaching the Americas in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This person purchased Manhattan Island for the Dutch.
Who is Peter Minuit?
Why did New Amsterdam become diverse?
What is people came from many different countries?
A freedom protected by law is called this.
What is a right?
a place ruled by another country
What is a colony?
Explorers were searching for this type of route to Asia by water.
What is a sea route to Asia?
The Dutch started a colony in North America for this reason.
What is to keep other countries from claiming their land?
Why is our city not called New Amsterdam today?
What is the English took control and renamed it New York?
This document was New York’s first plan of government.
What is the Charter of Liberties?
respecting other people’s differences
What is tolerance?
This explorer worked for the Dutch West India Company and explored the Hudson River.
Who is Henry Hudson?
The Dutch offered free land to any man who could do this.
What is bring (or pay for) 50 settlers to the colony?
Why did the Dutch not want to fight England?
What is they were outnumbered by the English?
The Charter of Liberties allowed this group to form.
What is the first assembly?
to declare land belongs to your country
What is claim?
Why did explorers want to find a sea route to Asia?
What is to make trade faster, easier, and safer?
People from many different countries moved to New Amsterdam, creating this.
What is diversity?
Why did the population of New Amsterdam grow quickly?
What is people were encouraged to move there (offered land)?
This is how New York was different from other English colonies.
What is New Yorkers had some rights that other English colonists did not?