| A | B |
|---|
| colony | settlement ruled by another country |
| colonist | people who lived in colonies |
| Dutch West India Company | a group of Dutch businessmen who sent settlers to North America to set up a colony |
| governor | a person in charge of a new colony |
| patroon | a land owner in New Netherland who had to bring 50 settlers to the colony |
| Peter Minuit | took over job of governor in 1626 |
| Peter Stuyvesant | governor of New Amsterdam in 1647 |
| New Netherland | Dutch colony - included parts of present day New York, New Jersey, and Delaware |
| Fort Orange | first permanent settlement in New York |
| New Amsterdam | settlement that included Manhattan and area around itttan are |
