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Quest of a Hemispher

Chapter 3

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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
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