Patroonship in New Netherland

A) was a great success, bringing thousands of new settlers to the colony.
B) meant that shareholders received large estates for transporting tenants for agricultural labor.
C) was like a system of medieval lords.
D) led to one democratic manor led by Kiliaen van Rensselaer.
E) involved joint Dutch and Indian control of farmland.

Patroonship

A grant of land and associated privileges given to wealthy individuals by the Dutch government in the 17th century to promote settlement and economic development in New Netherland (now parts of New York and New Jersey).

New Netherland

A 17th-century colonial province of the Dutch Republic that included parts of what are now the eastern United States.

Agricultural Labor

Work involved in cultivating and harvesting crops and raising animals, often performed by farmworkers and laborers.