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European Explorers

Social Studies - Chapter 4

TermDefinition
explorer someone who travel to unknown places to discover new things
colony a place that is ruled by another country
New Netherland a Dutch colony
Fort Orange a fur trading post up the Hudson River
New Amsterdam a settlement in New Netherland, current day Manhattan
Peter Minuit bought Manhattan from the Lenni Lenape
Northwest Passage a water route to Asia through North America
Deborah Moody first woman to begin a settlement in colonial America
Lucas Santomee New Amsterdam's first black doctor
profit the earnings that remain after subtracting the cost of making and selling a product
patroon a landowner that would pay to bring someone to New Netherland to work on their land
Peter Stuyvesant governor of New Amsterdam
economy a system for producing and delivering goods
William Kidd hired to fight pirates, but turned to piracy himself
Samuel de Champlain traveled to what is now northern New York and name a large lake after himself
Albany used to be Fort Orange
Long Island a whaling center / Captain Kidd buried treasure on its coast
governor leader of a colony or state
petition a written request given to an official
Dutch West India Company a company who had the goal of setting up a Dutch colony in North America
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