Europeans Arrive

Question 1

Colony

Answer 1

A settlement founded and governed by a distant country

Question 2

Artisan

Answer 2

Skilled workers who make things with their hands

Question 3

Patroon

Answer 3

a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey

Question 4

Dutch West India Company

Answer 4

a Dutch merchant company chartered in 1621 to carry on trade with Africa, the West Indies, North and South America, and Australia.

Question 5

Giovanni da Verrazano

Answer 5

The king from France sent him to find the Northwest Passage first European to reach the region of NY

Question 6

Henry Hudson

Answer 6

Hired to find short route from Europe to Asia by sailing North to Arctic explored the mighty river that emptied into the bay

Question 7

Samuel de Champlain

Answer 7

French explorer Northern NY, founded fur trade post Quebec. fought the Iroquois

Question 8

Peter Minuit

Answer 8

The governor of the new colony bought Manhattan island from the Indians for a trade of
goods worth about $24

Question 9

Peter Stuyvesant

Answer 9

Strict and unpopular governor of New Netherlands. He banned alcohol sale to Indians, founded fire dept, schools, jails and markets. Strict laws.