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Quest of a Hemispher
Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dutch East India Company organized in 1602 | Dutch traders challenge the trade of Portugal in Indian Ocean |
| French and English trading companies: Dutch West India Company | Held a monopoly on trade for profit |
| Monopoly by trading companies led to…. | Loss of control Of trade to the colonists |
| To organize a trading company…. | Invest money; sell stock to adventurers; get a charter from the government; set up a form of government for the company |
| To become a patroon…. | Agree to plant a colony of 50 persons over 15 years old within 4 years |
| What did Patroons get ? | A grant of land along a waterway with the rights to hunt and fish |
| Reasons the Patroon system failed | Native Indian raids; objections to paying a duty to the trading companies; Failure to bring in enough tenants; colonists going into business for themselves |
| Half Moon | Henry Hudson’s ship hired to find a shorter route to the East Indies |
| “….grasse and flowers, and goodly trees…” | Hudson’s description of North America |
| Cathay | China |
| Northwest Passage | For 400 years Europeans searched for a passage across upper North America to China |
| Beggars of the sea | Dutch pirates who attacked and robbed Portuguese ships for spices |
| Man-o-war | A sailing ship armed with cannons |
| Frigate | A light sailing ship |
| New Amsterdam | A Dutch settlement on Manhattan Island |
| Manhattan Island | New Netherland Company built trading posts here |
| New Sweden | Bought from Mingus Indians along Delaware River. By Dutch Swedish Company |