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| explorer | someone who travels to unknown places to discover new things |
| Christopher Columbus | Sailed for Spain,believed you could reach Asia by sailing west,reached North America in 1492 |
| Northwest Passage | a water route to Asia through North America |
| Samuel de Champlain | A French explorer,traveled what is now northern NY, named Lake Champlain after himself |
| Henry Hudson | An Englishman sponsored by the Dutch sailed the Half Moon into NY Bay,up the river now named for him in 1609 |
| colony | a place that is ruled by another country |
| colonist | a person who lives in a colony |
| New Netherland | The Dutch colony that is now New York |
| Fort Orange | Dutch colony at present-day Albany |
| New Amsterdam | Capital of New Netherland-today it is New York City |
| profit | earnings that remain after subtracting the cost of making and selling a product |
| Patroon | a land owner in the Dutch Patroon system |
| governor | leader of a colony |
| Peter Stuyvesant | The Last Dutch governor of New Netherland |
| petition | a written request given to an official |
| Richard Nicolls | The first English governor of what is now present-day New York |
| What many European explorers of the New World were looking for | A quicker water rfoute to Asia (Norhtwest Passage) |
| One of the earliest Dutch Settlement in what is now NY | New Amsterdam |
| Major occupations(jobs) in New Netherland | trading, building, and farming |
| By the 1640's the number of languages spoken in New Netherland | 18 |
| In the Patroon System a Patroon would recieve a large piece of land in New Netherland when... | He brought 50 people to the new colony |
| The English took over the colony of New Netherland because... | They wanted greater control over the east coast of North America |
| Charles II took control of New Netherland by... | giving New Netherland to his brother and sending warships to the colony |
| Why did Peter Stuyvesant give up the colony? | The Dutch colonists were afraid the English would destroy them. |
| When the English took over the colony, the colonists... | Were allowed own land and keep their jobs, but they had to swear an oath of loyalty to the English King |
| Under English rule New York's economy grew, for example... | Shipbuilding became very important |
