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

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

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This explorer sailed on the Half Moon into New York Bay

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• Who is: Henry Hudson

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

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• Who is: Samuel de Champlain

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

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• What is: New Amsterdam

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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• This is the story we are reading in class?

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• What is: The Stranger

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

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

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

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• What is: Shipbuilding became very important!

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The water route to Asia through North America

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• What is: the Northwest Passage

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

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What is: an explorer

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

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What is: The Dutch West India Company

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• A place that is ruled by another country

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Who is: a colony

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

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• Who is: Samuel de Champlain

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The explorer who sailed into New York Bay.

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• Who is: Henry Hudson

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A leader of a colony or state

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• What is: a governor

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

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• Who is: Peter Stuyvesant

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

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• Who is: King Charles, II