| A | B |
|---|
| Asia | where Columbus wanted to find riches |
| Northwest Passage | water route to Asia sought by European explorers |
| Giovanni da Verrezano | first European to explore New York |
| Quebec | trading post started by Champlain |
| Iroquois | defeated by French and Algonquians |
| Henry Hudson | sailed for the Netherlands |
| animal furs | the Dutch hoped to buy these from Native Americans and sell them in Europe |
| Manhattan Island | bought from Native Americans by Peter Minuit |
| owning land | the Native American culture did not believe in this |
| investors | gave money to start Dutch West India Company |
| patroons | given large areas of land by Dutch West India Company |
| tenant farmers | farmed land owned by a patroon |
| slavery | making a person work for no money, without the freedom to leave |
| Peter Stuyvesant | became governor of New Netherland |
| England | country that took over New Netherland |
| Duke of York | allowed some Dutch traditions to continue once he took over New Netherland |
| Rattle Watch | police force started by Stuyvesant |
| free trade | trade without restrictions or charges |
| tolerance | custom of being accepting of differences |
| profit | the money a business earns after it pays for supplies, salaries, and other costs |
