1. Europeans Come to New York Review Mrs. Martin Grade 4

2. Europeans wanted to get to_______________ Europeans wanted to get to_______________ because trade with _________________ was a big business. because trade with _________________ was a big business. Getting to Asia was difficult. European Kings and Queens started sending______________ or people who go to new places and discover new things – to search for the ______________ Asia explorers Northwest Passage

3. The _____________________ was a shorter way to get to Asia. It was a ___________________ route through North America. The Northwest Passage was never found because it didn’t exist. However these explorations led to many European countries wanting to set up colonies in North America. Northwest Passage water

4. ___________________ sailed up river to what today is called Albany. A lake found between Vermont and New York is called Lake __________________ It is named after _____________________. Samuel de Champlain Champlain Henry Hudson

5. A ________________________ is a settlement that is ruled by another country. The _______________________________ set up a colony in what we now call New York. They called this colony ________________. Dutch West India Company New Netherland colony

6. The settlement that today we call Albany was named _________________________ _______________________ is now called New York City. In New Netherland you would see many types of work going on. Homes were being built, crops were being raised, and ___________________ were being traded. Fort Orange New Amsterdam furs

7. Although it was the ___________________ who were the first to settle New Netherland. They welcomed people from all ______________ and religions. Dutch cultures

8. In order to help the colony grow the Dutch West India Company started a __________________ system. A _____________________ would pay for 50 colonists to come to the New World. These new settlers would then work on the patroon’s land. They would be required to pay “rent” by giving the patroon part of what they raised. patroon patroon

9. The Dutch West India Company needed a __________________ to go to the colony and Improve living conditions. They hired ___________________________ to be the governor of New Amsterdam. governor Peter Stuyvesant