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Vocabulary
Early New York
Dutch Life in NY
English Takeover
Explorers
100
What is someone who travels to unknown places to discover new things?
Explorer
100
Dutch settlers named present day New York City this
New Amsterdam
100
The early name for New York
New Netherland
100
The British divided New Netherland into two states, New York and...
New Jersey
100
This man "discovered" North America when he was trying to find a route to Asia.
Christopher Columbus
200
What is a person who lives in a colony?
A colonist
200
European explorers came to New York for many reasons. One of these included looking for a route to Asia. Why were the explorers interested in finding a route to Asia?
For trading purposes
200
I think this would have been my favorite holiday! School was closed First Skating Day. This day was set aside for families to do this...
Ice skate on the frozen ponds
200
The English did not force the Dutch colonists to do anything that they did not want to. The colonists could keep their jobs, speak their language, and could even travel back to the Netherlands for free. The only requirement was that they swear loyalty to this person...
the king of England
200
This man sailed the on the Half Moon into New York Bay
Henry Hudson
300
What is the leader of a colony or state?
A governor
300
Many settlers in New Netherland built houses and traded. The most important way that the settlers worked was by doing this because it provided food that could be both traded and sold.
Farming
300
This Dutch man was sent to New Netherland to be the first governor of the new colony.
Peter Stuyvestant
300
A written request given to an official
Petition
300
Traveled to what is now northern New York and named a large lake for himself
Samuel de Champlain
400
This was a water route to Asia through North America.
The Northwest Passage
400
Native Americans primarily traded this with the Dutch.
Animal (beaver) fur
400
This man bought Manhattan from the Native Americans
Peter Minuit
400
Name one reason why the Dutch did not fight the British for taking over their colony.
They knew they had no chance against the British. The British had a much stronger army
400
The company that wanted to establish a fur trade with the Native Americans
Dutch West India Company
500
What is the definition for the word economy?
A system for producing and delivering goods.
500
Describe the patroon system.
A patroon was a landowner. This landowner would invite colonists to come and work the land. In return, the colonists received a home and a place to grow crops. The colonists would get to keep some of the crops, and would have to give some to the patroon.
500
We can thank the Dutch for the tradition of Sinterklaas. In English we call him...
Santa Claus
500
This English King felt that England has a right to the land of New Netherland.
Charles II
500
This river was used to help make trading more easy for colonists and Native Americans
Hudson River