The Dutch Settle in New Netherland

Explain how the Dutch came to settle in New Netherland.

Chronicle the transfer of Dutch control of New Netherland to English control.

What are some lasting influences of the Dutch in this region of the Americas?

Dutch defeat Spain Catholic Spain controlled Netherlands in 16th century

Protestantism takes hold in Netherlands

Religious tension began to emerge between Catholic Spain & Dutch

Dutch fight for their independence and religious freedom & win

Golden Age of Dutch history

Golden Age 17th century Netherlands

Cultural and economic accomplishments EMERGED AS COMMERICAL & NAVAL POWER

Emerged as major

European colonial power

Dutch East Indies

Competition Conflict with England as world power

Dutch wanted greater riches beyond the Dutch East Indies

Hired English explorer Henry Hudson Ventured into New York and Delaware Bay-1609 Hudson River-shortcut?

Established Dutch settlement in modern day NYC

New Netherland 1623-1624

Permanent Dutch settlement

Purchase Manhattan, AKA New Amsterdam, from Natives

Aristocratic and despotic zeal

Diverse seaport town

Weak government

Hostilities with Indians and English New Englanders

New Sweden Swedish colony

Anemic colony on the Delaware River

Entered colonial game during Thirty Years War to promote Protestantism

Dutch resented Swedish intrusion

Peter Stuyvesant, Dutch director-general, attacked New Sweden

New Netherland absorbed colonists of New Sweden

The English Seize New Netherland

1664

English were threatened by Dutch & viewed them as intruders

King Charles II (Restoration) granted land to his brother, Duke of York

Peter Stuyvesant tried to fend of the English invaders, but was forced to surrender

New Netherland, renamed New York, after the Duke of York

Lasting Dutch Influences What are some of the lasting influences of the Dutch in

this region of the Americas? Names- Haarlem-Harlem

Breukelen-Brooklyn Architecture Social customs

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