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Colonization
Vocab
Term | Definition |
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The leader of colony or state | Governor |
A place the settlers established in the new world after leaving their home | Colony |
The beliefs and customs of a group of people | Culture |
The acceptance of different beliefs | Tolerance |
New land owners | Patroons |
A powerful trading company that established the colony of New Netherland | Dutch West India Company |
A person who farms land but does not own it and pay rent in cash or crops to the patroons | Tenant Farmers |
The first European settlement in New York, and was located farthest north of the Hudson River. | Fort Orange |
The first European name for the territory that became New York | New Netherland |
Peter Minuit brought this land from the Algonquin tribes for about $24 | island of Manhattan |