Vocabulary
What is a packet boat?
A boat that carries packages.
In 1664 New Netherland became the English colony of New York. Under English rule, New York increased its trade and its population. What does it mean to increase trade and population?
This means that more things were being traded and more people lived in the colony.
What is a surplus?
It is an amount that is more than you need.
During the 1600s countries in Europe had many wars about religion and politics. What were they fighting about?
They were fighting about their ideas about God and the government.
What are manors?
Manors are large pieces of land divided up into several farms and rented by landowners to farmers.
The New York area had rich farmland. Farmers were able to produce a surplus. What does it mean to produce surplus?
This means that they produced more than they needed.
What are merchants?
People who buy and sell goods.
People used the rivers to transport their wheat and corn to market. What does it mean to transport wheat and corn to the market?
It means that they moved their wheat and corn to stores by putting them on boats and carrying them to the stores.
What is an export?
An export is something sold or traded to another country.
Some farms were on manors. What does this mean? Tell what it means to have a farm on a manor.
This means that the farms were on large pieces of land divided up into several farms and rented by landowners to farmers.