NYC4 : CORRECTION

04.10.2014

NYC4 : CORRECTION New York: early history of Dutch and English colonization

0012 : What was the English explorer’s name ? HENRY HUDSON

He worked for the Dutch East India Company : translate “Dutch” HOLLANDAIS

0017: What was he seeking? A PASSAGE TO INDIA

0022: He was driven back by: ¤ rice & foam X ice & fog ¤ mice & phone

0029: Where did he never return? TO HOLLAND

0033: What did the report he sent back to Holland say? RICH LAND, ANIMALS…

0040: Were the Dutch interested? YES, IT STIRRED THEIR INTEREST

0041: The Dutch were eager (enthusiastic) to compete in THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW LAND

0050: What year did the Dutch government issue a charter? 1614

0053: How did they name the valley? NEW-NETHERLAND

0057: Where were colonists sent?TO DELAWARE, AT THE MOUTH OF THE HUDSON RIVER

0100: What year did Peter Minuit buy the island of Manhattan? 1626

0103: How much did he pay? $24

0107: A new port was built: what was its name? NEW-AMSTERDAM

0120: How many Dutch settlers were living in New Amsterdam in 1664? 1,500

0126: At first, how were the relations with Indians? GOOD

Consequently, both sides were prosperous: Synonym:GETTING RICH, WEALTHY

0130: Why did these relations change? THE DUTCH TOOK SIDES, GOT INVOLVED IN

INDIAN WARS

0135: What happened to settlers? SOME WERE KILLED BY INDIANS

0140-0155: How did the Dutch react? THEY PUSHED THE INDIANS BACK FROM NEW-A’DAM

IN A BLOODY FASHION WHICH LEFT A LOT OF INDIANS DEAD.

0158: What year did Peter Stuyvesant become governor? 1647

0214: In what manner did the Dutch govern their colony? LIBERAL AND TOLERANT

0234: What nationalities were the new settlers? MOST WERE ENGLISH AND SWEDES

0244: Where had the English colonies develop? AROUND NEW-NETHERLAND

0248: Why was New-Amsterdam an obstacle for the English? IT SEPARATED THE SOUTHERN COLONIES FROM NEW-ENGLAND

0253: The governor of Connecticut tried to persuade Stuyvesant to SURRENDER CONTROL OF THE

COLONY TO THE ENGLISH.

0320: What happened on Sept.8th, 1664? NEW AMSTERDAM AND ALL NEW NETHERLAND BECAME AN ENGLISH COLONY AND WERE RENAMED NEW-YORK.