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New Netherland Test
New Netherland the Dutch in New York
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the name of the company that wanted to send settlers to North America to set up a colony? | Dutch West India Company |
| What is a colony? | A settlement ruled by another country. |
| Who were the colonists? | People who lived in the colony. |
| What did the colonists do? | They traded with the Native Americans and sold the furs they received to the Dutch West India Company. |
| The new Dutch colony, known as New Netherland included which present-day states? | New York, New Jersey, and Delaware |
| How many families originally sailed to New Netherland to set up the colony? | 30 families |
| What was the first permanent European settlement in New York? | Fort Orange |
| When more settlers arrived from the Netherlands, where did they build a fort and what did they call it? | They built a fort at the tip of Manhattan and called it Fort Amsterdam. |
| In 1926, who became governor of New Netherland? | Peter Minuit |
| What was one of the first things that Peter Minuit did? | He bought Manhattan Island from Lenni Lenape for tools, beads, and clothing worth $24. |
| Why was there confusion when Peter Minuit bought the land from Lenni Lenape? | Lenni Lenape thought he was being paid only for the resources that were being used by the Dutch. |
| What were the two main reasons new settlers came to the new colony? | Settlers came to farm or to trade furs. |
| Where was the most important area in New Netherland for fur trading? | Fort Orange |
| To get more people to settle in New Netherland, what did the Dutch West India Company do? | It promised large amounts of land to anyone who brought 50 settlers to the colony. The people who owned the land were called patroons. |
| In 1647, who came the new governor of New Netherland? | Peter Stuyvesant |
| What kind of laws did Peter Stuyvesant create to make life safer? | He made laws to make sure that chimneys were built well and kept clean. He also started a kind of police force called the a "rattle watch." He also made peace with the Native Americans. |
| Why did Stuyvesant treat some of the colonists unfairly? | He didn't like their religions, but the Dutch West India Company told him that they must stay. New Netherland became a place where people of many religions could settle. |
| What explorer first claimed land in the Americas for the Dutch? | Henry Hudson |
| Why did the Dutch build forts in New Netherland? | For protection from the Native American attacks |
| At first, the only way to survive on New Netherland was to trade fur. Eventually, what did the colony start to do? | Farm |
| As the Dutch were settling New Netherland, what other country was starting to form colonies on the east coast of North America? | England |
| How did the Dutch, English, and other Europeans decide to solve the problem of not having enough workers to set up the colonies? | They decided to use slaves. |
| Who were slaves? | They were people who were held against their will and forced to work with no pay. |
| Where did the slaves come from? | The slaves were people from the continent of Africa. They were captured and brought there by slave traders. |
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