8.05 New Netherland Colony

​8.05 New Netherland Colony

​Learning Goal: Analyze the economic motivation for the Dutch founding New Netherlands, the diverse population of the colony, and the transition to the English colony of New York.

• By the 1660s, England had two groups of colonies in North America, between these two groups was the land controlled by the Dutch.

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Open Ended

What was the name of the joint-stock company that established New Netherland?

• The location combined a good seaport with access to the Hudson River.

• The river served as a major transportation link to a rich land of farms, forests, & furs.

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the main settlement of the New Netherland colony?

• New York

• New Amsterdam

• New Jersey

• New Manhattan

Multiple Choice

What is a patroon?

• land-owners who received land grants

• land-owners who could not receive land grants

• He was the Dutch colonial governor who tried to resist the English takeover of New Netherland.

• England claimed that the colony should be under English rule due to the explorations of John Cabot in the 1400s.

Open Ended

Who was the unpopular governor of New Netherland who placed restrictions and high taxes on the citizens?

Open Ended

What is a proprietary colony?

Open Ended

Why do you think that there was so much more diversity in the New York colony compared to the other colonies we have studied?

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