Granted freedom of religion to all Christians and gave all landholders suffrage.Charles' brother, the Duke of York, was given control over the area.Peter Stuyvesant was forced to surrender.1664, Charles II ordered military removal of the Dutch from New Netherlands. Swedish colonists were absorbed by New Netherlands.Ĥ. In 1655, a Dutch force led by Peter Stuyvesant, ended Swedish rule. Established New Sweden between 1638-1655. ![]() Swedes trespassed on Dutch lands on the Delaware River. New England was hostile to the growth of New Netherlands saw the Dutch as a threat.ģ.Ě fort was built as a defense located at today's Wall Street.Amerindians, in retaliation for Dutch violence, massacred settlers. Challenges to New Netherlands and defeat by England Intermarriage was at times a means of tapping the fur trade (French traders also intermarried for economic opportunity).ī.Intermarriage between Dutch settlers and Amerindians was not uncommon (in contrast to English settlers who rarely intermarried or had sexual relations with Amerindians or Africans). Cosmopolitan town: by the 1640s 18 different languages were spoken there After repeated protests, a semi-representative body was finally granted.Lowly laborers worked long hours growing grain for export.(One estate in Albany was larger than Rhode Island!) Huge estates granted to promoters who would settle 50 persons on them.Patroonship: Aristocratic structure resembled serfdom Much grain production for export along the Hudson River Valley.Little religious toleration, free speech, or democratic practices.City run by the DWIC in the interest of the stockholders.New Amsterdam (modern-day NYC) was founded as a company town/seaport ![]() Manhattan Island bought from Amerindians for about $30.Established by the Dutch West India Company for quick-profit fur trade.New Netherlands founded in 1623-1624 on the Hudson River by Peter Minuit Henry Hudson, Englishman who was employed by the Dutch East India Co., sailed into Delaware and NY bays in 1609, and traveled up the Hudson River.Ģ. ![]()
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