A system created by the Dutch to get settlers to come to North America where anyone who brought over 50 settlers would receive a large amount of land.
What is the Patroon System?
100
Robert Livingston was the owner of a large __________ in the Hudson River Valley.
What is a manor?
200
A later governor of New Netherlands who started the "rattle watch".
Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
200
The city in Netherlands in Europe
What is Amsterdam?
200
Someone who had their trip over to the New World paid for by their boss. In return they had to work until they paid off their debt.
Who is an indentured servant?
200
Frederick Phillipse started up a __________________, which grinds wheat into flour.
What is a gristmill?
300
This governor was nicknamed "Old Peg Leg".
Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
300
The Dutch country in Europe.
What is Netherlands?
300
Someone who lives on someone else's land (manor) and must give the owner part of what they grow to pay for using the land.
Who is a tenant farmer?
300
This man was the British King's brother, who was in charge of taking over New Netherlands. The colony was then named after him.
Who is James, Duke of York?
400
This governor bought Manhattan Island from the Lenni Lenape for the equivalent of $24 today. The Native Americans did not realize they were selling the land.
Who is Peter Minuit?
400
The Dutch city in the New World, named after a Dutch city in Europe.
What is New Amsterdam?
400
Someone who was forced over to the New World, forced to work, and was not given freedom.
Who is a slave?
400
British Governor William Cosby threw ____________________ in jail for writing negative things about him in the newspaper, The Weekly Journal. He was found not guilty and helped ensure our "Freedom of the Press".
Who is John Peter Zenger?
500
This is the first British governor of New York.
Who is Richard Nicolls?
500
The name of the new colony in the New World after the British took over.
What is New York?
500
The explorer who sailed for the Netherlands and claimed the area for the Dutch.