European Exploration in North America

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Europeans, including Verrazano and Cartier, explored North America to find a shorter trade route to Asia.

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Exploration for trade routes to Asia.

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Champlain started the fur trade with Native Americans in 1603.

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Initiation of the fur trade.

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Timeline of European exploration in North America from 1492 to 1610.

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Key events include Columbus arriving in 1492 and Hudson sailing in 1609.

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Henry Hudson sailed for which country?

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The Netherlands (the Dutch)

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Which European group had the greatest influence in settling the lower Hudson Valley of New York State?

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Dutch

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A settlement that is ruled by another country is called what?

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A colony

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In the 1660s, approximately how many British settlers lived in New Amsterdam?

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100

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In the 1660s, most people living in New Amsterdam came from which country?

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The Netherlands

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The first successful English settlement in America

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Jamestown

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Peter Stuyvesant is best known for

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Making strict laws and starting a fire department