Dutch Settle NY
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- Q1See imageDutch West India Company,the Dutch trading company that set up the colony of New Netherland; would sell furs in Europe30s
- Q2See imagecolony,a settlement ruled by another country30s
- Q3See imagecolonists,the people who lived in the colony30s
- Q4See imageFort Orange,the 1st permanent European settlement in NY30s
- Q5See imageNew Netherland,new Dutch colony that included parts of present-day New York, New Jersey, & Deleware30s
- Q6See imageNew Amsterdam,city around Fort Amsterdam30s
- Q7See imagegovernor,a person who runs a colony or state30s
- Q8See imagepatroon,a land owner in the New Netherland who had to bring 50 settlers to the colony to help settle his land30s
- Q9See imagePeter Stuyvesant,new governor of New Amsterdam30s
- Q10See imageWhy was Peter Stuyvesant important?,He made laws that made life safer; 1) law that made sure chimneys were built well and kept clean 2) started a kind of police called the "rattle watch" - watchmen walked the streets and used a rattle to signal for help if they saw a crime or fire30s
- Q11See imagewindmill,a mill that grinds wheat and corn when the wind turns its large blades30s
- Q12See imagebouwerie,the Dutch word for "farm"30s
- Q13See imagestoop,the Dutch word for "porch"30s
- Q14See imagebowling,A game played by the Dutch with a heavy ball to knock down pins30s
- Q15See imagespinning wheel,A machine run by a foot pedal with a large wheel that turns to spin thread30s