On the Day Peter Stuyvesant Sailed into Town Vocabulary

Governor of the Dutch colony that later became New York City.

• John White

• Peter Stuyvesant

• Henry Ford

• Walter Raleigh

People who are from Holland (Netherlands).

• British

• American

• Dutchmen

• Frenchmen

A city in the 17th century Dutch Colony that later became New York City.

• New Netherlands

• New Jersey

• New York

• New Amsterdam

To rule over someone; to have authority

• governed

• policed

• settler

• colonist

Great suffering, or to be troubled by something

• celebration

• proclamation

• distress

• hopeful

To make an announcement publicly; to declare

• proclamation

• television reporter

• governed

• pony express

An inlet of a body of water surrounded by land on three sides

• ocean

• bay

• lake

• delta

To be under someone’s guard; to be kept safe

• prisoner

• colonist

• settler

• protection

A group of people who live in a new territory, but they are governed by their homeland

• colony

• colonist

• settlement

• settler

To party or observe a special event

• rock and roll

• celebration

• party

• distress