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ANSWER This is why the European explorers ended up in what is now New York

QUESTION What is: They were looking for a shorter route to Asia

ANSWER This explorer sailed on the Half Moon into New York Bay

QUESTION Who is: Henry Hudson

ANSWER This explorer named a large lake in northern New York after himself

QUESTION Who is: Samuel de Champlain

ANSWER This was one of the earliest Dutch settlements in what is now New York

QUESTION What is: New Amsterdam

ANSWER TRUE OR FALSE: Gold mining was a major type of work in the New Netherland settlement

QUESTION What is: FALSE! Nope! Building houses, farming, and trading were types of work, but NOT mining!

ANSWER TRUE OR FALSE: The people of New Netherland spoke many different languages

QUESTION What is: WOW is that TRUE! Yes! The people of New Netherland came from many different places and had many different languages.

ANSWER TRUE OR FALSE: Africans were not allowed to work.

QUESTION –What is: FALSE, FALSE, FALSE! The Africans were absolutely made to WORK!

ANSWER TRUE OR FALSE: The Dutch West India Company encouraged the unfair treatment of Native Americans

QUESTION What is: ABSOLUTELY FALSE! ALL new arrivals tried to be friendly and take care of each other.

ANSWER TRUE OR FALSE: A Patroon would receive land in exchange for bringing 50 settlers to New Netherland

QUESTION What is: You betcha’! That is wowee TRUE! That was a pretty good deal!

ANSWER TRUE OR FALSE: Only boys attended school, and they went only in winter for a few hours each day!

QUESTION What is: NOPE, AGAIN! Boys and girls attended school. They went to school for more than just a few hours!

ANSWER TRUE OR FALSE: The English wanted greater control of the east coast of North America

QUESTION What is: TRULY TRUE! In fact, that was the MAIN reason why the English wanted to take over New Netherland

ANSWER This is how Charles II began to take control of New Amsterdam:

QUESTION What is: Charles II gave New Netherland to his brother, James Duke of York, and sent warships to New Amsterdam.

ANSWER This is why the Dutch colonists urged Peter Stuyvesant to surrender to the English.

QUESTION What is: The Dutch feared the English could destroy them.

ANSWER This is the story we are reading in class?

QUESTION What is: The Stranger

ANSWER TRUE OR FALSE: Now under British rule, the colonists were required to speak only English.

QUESTION What is: NO, NO, NO! Let’s not get EVERYONE upset, now!

ANSWER This is just one way in which New York’s economy changed under English rule.

QUESTION What is: Shipbuilding became very important!

ANSWER The water route to Asia through North America

QUESTION What is: the Northwest Passage

ANSWER Someone who travels to unknown places to discover new things.

QUESTION What is: an explorer

ANSWER This company wanted to set up a Dutch colony in North America

QUESTION What is: The Dutch West India Company

ANSWER A place that is ruled by another country

QUESTION Who is: a colony

ANSWER The explorer who sailed into what is now know as northern New York.

QUESTION Who is: Samuel de Champlain

ANSWER The explorer who sailed into New York Bay.

QUESTION Who is: Henry Hudson

ANSWER A leader of a colony or state

QUESTION What is: a governor

ANSWER A most unpopular governor. He was known as “Old Silver Leg”

QUESTION Who is: Peter Stuyvesant

ANSWER The English king who believed England had a right to the land of New Netherland

QUESTION Who is: King Charles, II