The Dutch West India Company: New York’s Early Settlement and Transition to English Rule

1. Chapter 4 Review Europeans Come to New York

2. What was the name of the trading company that wanted to set up a Dutch colony in north America? • The Dutch West India Company

3. Which explorer established friendly relations with the Algonquians? • Samuel de Champlain

4. What was the water route to Asia through North America? • The Northwest Passage

5. What was the earliest Dutch settlement in what is now known as new York?

6. Which explorer sailed the half moon into New York Bay? • Henry Hudson

7. Why did the English want to take over New York Bay? • To give them greater control over the east coast of North America

8. Who “gave” New Netherland to his brother, the duke of York? • King Charles II.

9. European explorers came to what is now known as New York because___. • They were looking for a shorter route to Asia.

10. The Dutch forced Peter Stuyvesant to surrender because ___. • They were afraid that the British would destroy them.

11. What else was James, The duke of York called? • The Duke of • Albany

12. In 1733 who was in control of all of the colonies that existed in north America? • The British

13. Why did the Dutch finally hand over New Netherland to the English? • The English had more soldiers, warships, and people living in the colonies.

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15. Who was the new governor of new Amsterdam that ordered paved streets to be built, repaired run-down buildings, formed New Amsterdam's first paid police force, and made peace with Native Americans? • Peter Stuyvesant