| A | B |
|---|
| Christopher Columbus | Italian ship captain who sailed for Spain in 1492 and named the people in the New World Indians. |
| Giovanni da Verrazano | Sailed from France into New York Bay and left quickly because of a storm. A bridge in New York City is named after him. |
| John Cabot | Sailed from England and claimed the New World for England. |
| Samuel de Champlain | Sailed from France and explored the St. Lawrence Seaway; stayed in the colony of New France and fought the Iroquois. |
| Jacques Cartier | Sailed from France to find gold and found corn instead; explored the St. Lawrence Seaway. |
| Indies | Another name for India. |
| Westward water route to the Indies | What the explorers were looking for when they discovered America. |
| Flat | Uneducated peopole in Columbus' time thought the Earth was this. |
| Henry Hudson | Sailed up the Hudson River and claimed land in America for the Netherlands. |
| fur trading | The major activity in New Netherlands. |
| Hudson River | New Netherlands was located on this waterway. |
| New Amsterdam | The name for New York City during Dutch rule. |
| Patroon System | Under Dutch rule some people were given land to encourage others to come to New Netherlands. |
| Peter Stuyvesant | Dutch governor of New Netherlands. He had a wooden leg, was mean and not well liked. |
| Dutch Governor William Kieft | Tried to make the Indians pay a tax. |
| Help with the chores. | What Dutch childcrten would do when their parents worked. |
| New Netherlands grew slowly under the rule of the... | Dutch |
| 1664 | The year New Netherlands was taken over by the English |
| Stayed in New York | What most Dutch settlers did after the English took over the colony. |
| lizards | Mr Browne's favorite snack. |
