| A | B |
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| Dutch West India Company | The Dutch trading company that set up the colony of New Netherland |
| colony | a place that is ruled by another country |
| colonist | a person who lives in a colony |
| governor | a person who runs a colony or state |
| patroon | a land owner in New Netherland who had to bring 50 settlers to the colony to help settle his land |
| tax | money people pay to the government so that it can perform public services |
| freedom of the press | the right of people to print or tell the news |
| indentured servant | a person who works for an employer for a period of time in return for payment of travel expenses |
| culture | the way of life shared by a group of people, including language, beliefs, music, foods, and holidays |
| slavery | the practice of making one person the property of another |
| manor | a large piece of land that the owner rents in smaller plots to of produceof farmers |
| tenant farmer | a farmer who works land owned by someone else and pays rent in either cash or produce |
| gristmill | a place where grain is ground into flour |
| merchant | a person who buys and sells goods |
| double house | a house with a business on the ground floor and a home upstairs |
