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Colonial New York
Colonial New York and English Settlements - 4th Grade Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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What is an apprentice? | A person who works for another in order to learn a trade. |
What is a colony? | A place that is ruled by another country. |
What was the Dutch West India Company? | The Dutch trading company that set the colony of New Netherland. It was first set up for fur trading. |
What is a governor? | A person who runs a colony or state. |
What is a indentured servant? | A person who works for a employer for a period of time in return for payment of travel expenses. |
What is a merchant? | A person who buys and sells goods. |
What is a colonist? | A person who lives in a colony. |
What is a patroon? | The land owner in New Netherland who had to bring 50 settlers to the colony to help his land. |
What is a Port? | A place where ships load and unload their goods. |
What is a settlement? | A colony in a new region. |
What is slavery? | The practice of making one person the property of another. |
Who is Peter Minuit? | The first governor of the New Netherland colony. He bought Manhattan Island for beads, tools and weapons. |
Who is Peter Stuyvesant? | The governor of New Netherland from 1647-1664. He did many great things and was very strict. |
What is a tax? | Money that people pay to the government so that it can perform services. |