| A | B |
|---|
| scurvy | a sickness caused by lack of fresh fruits and vegetables(vitamin C) |
| tenant farmer | a person who rents land |
| patroon | a wealthy Dutch person who received land in return for paying the passage of other colonists |
| Verrazano | explored along the coast of North America for France |
| Cartier | French fisherman who explored the St. Lawrence River Valley and claimed the land for France |
| fur trader | settler who hunted, trapped, and traded animal fur(especially beaver) |
| Champlain | French mapmaker who explored the coast of North America from Nova Scotia to Cape Cod |
| Quebec | first French settlement in New France(1608) founded by Champlain |
| farmers, fur traders, priests | groups who came to New France |
| Priests | traveled with fur traders to bring their religion to Indian Villages |
| Iroquois | Native Americans - enemies of the French |
| New Netherland | Dutch colony in North America |
| Dutch West India Company | group given charter to settle, govern, and trade in North America |
| New Amsterdam | Dutch settlement on island of Manhattan-center of Dutch fur trade in North America-now New York City |
| Fort Orange | Dutch settlement in New Netherland-now Albany |
| Peter Minuit | first governor of New Netherland-bought Manhattan from the Indians |
| Peter Stuyvesant | strict governor of New Netherland-made peace with the Algonquin-lost Dutch land to the English(1664) |
| Marquette & Joliet | explored Great Lakes and down Mississippi River |
| LaSalle | sailed down Mississippi River to Gulf of Mexico and claimed the land for France |
| New France | French colony in North America |
| Algonquin | Native Americans-French allies |
| Henry Hudson | explored Hudson River and claimed land for the Netherlands |
| Halfmoon | Hudson's ship |
