c. What attracted the Dutch to the region discovered by Hudson?
§§ 60-62.--a. What was the object of the Dutch West India Company? What privileges did the patroons have?
b. Describe the career of Kieft. What were the results of his treatment of the Indians?
c. What kind of a governor was Stuyvesant? Why was he unpopular?
§ 63.--a. In what European war were the Swedes and the Dutch engaged?
b. On what land did the Swedes settle?
c. Describe how New Sweden was joined to New Netherland.
GENERAL QUESTIONS
a. Mark on a map in colors the lands settled by the different European nations.
b. Note the position of the Dutch with reference to the English, and explain the importance of such position.