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Colonization
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |