People held against their will and forced to work without pay
100
This man believed he was part of Asia called the Indies, when he sailed accross the Atlantic Ocean in three small ships. Because of this he called the people he saw there Indians. Who was he?
Christopher Columbus
100
What is the definition of a colony?
a settlement started by people who leave their own country to live in another land.
100
A timeline begins with the earliest dates from left to right. True of False
True
100
The Dutch West India Company printed ads describing the colony's rich resources because...
They were trying to get Europeans to move to New Netherland
200
Someone who agrees to work without pay for a set time is an
Indentured Servant
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY= 400 POINTS
Soon after Native Americans and Explorers/Europeans met, they began to trade. This exchange of goods, plants, animals, and ideas between Europeans and the Native Americans came to be known as
The Columbian Exchange
200
The fist permanent settlement in New Netherland was- a) Nut Island b) Fort Orange c) Long Island d) New Amsterdam
Fort Orange
200
A decade is a
period of ten years
200
New Amsterdam was located where _____________ is located today
Manhattan
300
The Europeans began to search for a way to sail around or through North America. They hoped there might be such a route that stated on the northern coast of North America. They called this route...
The Northwest Passage
300
Who was the first European to see the Coast of what is now New York?
Giovanni de Verrazano
300
The ______ _______ ________ ___________ controlled all of the fur trade in areas of North America claimed by the Dutch.
Dutch West India Company
300
A preiod of 100 years is called a
century
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY 600 Points; New Amsterdam was good for trade because of its Geography and where it was located. How?
It was built near a harbor where the Hudson River flows into the Atlantic Ocean
400
To journey into an area to learn more about it it an...
expedition
400
This man was a leader who signed a peace treaty with the Native Americans after nearly wiping out all of the Algonquian-speaking population. He was eventually forced out of New Netherland!
William Kieft
400
The Native American ideas about owning land was different than the Europeans because the Native Americans thought...
They were paying them for using the resources on the land and not for the land itself.
400
1501----------------------------------------------------------1658
If the above is timeline from start to finish how many years does the timeline cover?
157 years
400
____________ replaced fur trade as the main source of money (income) for the colony
farming, growing crops, exchange of crops
500
a farm that has both livestock and crops is called
A bouwery
500
This man was such a strict leader in New Netherland that he was unliked by many. He helped the colony grow and prosper and even set up the first police force.
Peter Stuyvesant
500
A system in which people come to New Netherland, paid rent, worked on the land, followed strict rules, were told where they can do business and if they could marry was called...
The Patroon System
500
1534- Jaques Cartier explores the St. Lawerence River
1609-Henry Hudson explores what is now the Hudson River
1626-New Amsterdam is founded
1629-Dutch colonists sign a peace treaty with the Naive Americans
How many years after Jaques Cartier explored the St. Lawerence River was New Amsterdam founded?
92 years
500
After finishing school in New Netherland, boys often worked as a