The Dutch in North America

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Across
  1. 2. European country from which the Dutch took the role of world traders in Asia and Africa
  2. 4. The people who took over the Dutch colony of New Netherlands without firing a shot in 1664
  3. 6. What the English re-named New Netherlands after they took it over
  4. 7. Dutch explorer who sailed down the Hudson River from the New York Harbor
  5. 8. Another name for Holland
  6. 10. Many different kinds of people with their own customs and languages
  7. 12. What Henry Hudson was looking for: the ___________ Passage to Asia
Down
  1. 1. Country in the northern part of Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries
  2. 3. City in the Dutch colony of New Netherlands: New ____________.
  3. 5. The Dutch established this kind of trade with Native Americans on Manhattan Island and in the Hudson River Valley
  4. 9. Company that sponsored Dutch colonies in America: the Dutch ______ ________ Company
  5. 11. Dutch Colony in the Hudson River Valley: _______ Netherlands.