Exploration and Colonization in North America

Who sponsored Henry Hudson's voyage to explore the coastline farther north?

• English merchants

• Dutch merchants

• French merchants

• Spanish merchants

What did Henry Hudson discover in 1609?

• A deep river

• A Northwest Passage

• A fur-rich valley

• A Dutch settlement

What did Henry Hudson claim for the Netherlands along the river's banks?

• Indigenous land

• Fishing rights

• Fur trading posts

• Colonial settlements

When was the Dutch West India Company formed?

• 1609

• 1621

• 1647

• 1664

Where did the first Dutch colonizers settle in North America?

• Manhattan Island

• Albany, New York

• Ohio Valley

• New Amsterdam

What did Peter Minuit offer to the Lenape in exchange for their land?

• Guns and ammunition

• Iron pots, beads, and blankets

• Fishing rights

• Colonial settlements

Who did the Dutch traders make deals with in New Netherland?

• Wyandot tribe

• Lenape tribe

• Haudenosaunee Confederacy

• Mohican tribe

Who became partners with the Dutch in order to fight the Wyandot?

• French

• English

• Spanish

• Portuguese

Who was hired as the new governor of New Amsterdam in 1647?

• Henry Hudson

• Peter Minuit

• Peter Stuyvesant

• James, the Duke of York

Who took over New Netherland and renamed it New York in 1664?

• Henry Hudson

• Peter Minuit

• Peter Stuyvesant

• James, the Duke of York