New Netherlands guided notes
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The document provides guided notes about the colony of New Netherland, which was founded by the Dutch along the Hudson River in North America in the early 1600s. It details how the Dutch West India Company established settlements like New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island to capitalize on the fur trade. It then summarizes how the Dutch lost the colony to the English in 1664, who changed the name to New York and made it a royal colony distinct from other English settlements.
New Netherlands guided notes
- 1. Name: __________________ New Netherlands Guided Notes Bell Ringer: ___________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Essential Question: ____________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 1. Why were the Dutch interested in America? _______________ 2. The ___________ ________ _________ _____________ was formed by merchants in 1624. 3. New Netherland was founded along what waterway?_______________ 4. _______ _______________ was the primary Dutch settlement. It was located on __________________ ________________. 5. Why did New Amsterdam prosperas a shipping center?____________ ________________________________________________________ 6. How did the Dutch West India Company promote population growth in New Netherland?__________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ 7. In your own words, define “patroon”:__________________________ _______________________________________________________
- 2. 8. List two things that settlers had to give to their patroons; A. B. 9. Who was the Dutch governor of New Netherland?_________________ 10. What two things led the colonists to dislike Stuyvesant?___________ ________________________________________________________ 11. In 1664,the Dutch surrendered New Netherland to what nation without a fight?__________________________________________________ 12. Why was the name of the colony changed to New York?___________ ________________________________________________________ 13. How did New York differfrom other English colonies?____________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ 14. Other than the English, the population of New York was comprised of what nationalities? A. B. C. D. 15. The first _____________ settlers in North America made their home in New York. 16. New York City(formerly known as ______ ________________) became one of the fastestgrowing places in the colonies.