Dutch colonial governor of New Amsterdam who bought it from the Indians
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New Amsterdam - Wikipedia  New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw-Amsterdam) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, which served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. ... He was the first recorded non-Native American inhabitant of what would eventually ... Main article: Governors Island.
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New Amsterdam becomes New York - Sep 08, 1664 - HISTORY.com  Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam, the capital of New ... The colony of New Netherland was established by the Dutch West India ... Dutch governor Peter Minuit formally purchased Manhattan from the local tribe from...
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The Dutch Surrender New Netherland - History in the Headlines  Sep 8, 2014 ... On September 8, 1664, the Dutch surrendered the colony of New Netherland ... The Dutch settled tiny Governors Island before Manhattan. ... But they quickly outgrew it, and by 1626 had founded New Amsterdam on the southern tip of ... the Dutch purportedly purchased the island from the Native Americans...
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Dutch Colonization  Photographs and description of the Dutch Colonies. ... as Albany; New York City's original name was New Amsterdam, and the New Netherland's third ... Minuit "purchased" Manhattan Island from Native American Indians for the now legendary...
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Peter Minuit - Wikipedia  Peter Minuit, Pieter Minuit, Pierre Minuit or Peter Minnewit (between 1580 and 1585  August 5, 1638) was a Walloon from Wesel, in present-day North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, then part of the Duchy of Cleves. His surname means "midnight". He was Director of the Dutch colony of New Netherland from 1626 until 1631 .... In addition, the value of the sale to Dutch and Indians alike would have...
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The Dutch Surrender New Netherland - History in the Headlines  Sep 8, 2014 ... Get the facts on the only Dutch colony in mainland North America, which ... On September 8, 1664, the Dutch surrendered the colony of New ... Yet despite losing power over 350 years ago, Dutch cultural ... The Dutch settled tiny Governors Island before Manhattan. .... A British Soldier Spared Hitler's Life.
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The Swedish come the America - The Founders & Patriots of America  Originally the company was owned one-half by Dutch owners and one-half by ... After the colony fell, he remained in what had been New Sweden, and held several ... Minuit offered to buy the river and adjoining land. ... The first established settlement was built at what is now Wilmington, Delaware, and called Fort Christina.
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Dutch Colonization  Unlike New York City and Albany, however, where the traces of colonization can ... in North America in 1624, establishing a settlement on present-day Manhattan. ... up its trade monopoly, enabling other businessmen to invest in New Netherland. ... Although the wooden houses of original settlers are long gone, the second...
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Chronology of Colonial Swedes on the Delaware 1638-1713  1641 - Kalmar Nyckel, joined by the Charitas, brings 64 men to New Sweden, including the ... arrive from Sweden, bringing Johan Printz, first royal governor of New Sweden, ... After Dutch refuse to allow ship to pass Fort Casimir, the Indians climb .... later starts a new church at Northeast, Maryland, to serve the Swedes and...
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New Amsterdam - Wikipedia  Main article: Governors Island ... In May 1624, the first settlers in New Netherland arrived on Noten Eylandt aboard the ship...
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New Netherland - Wikipedia  New Netherland was a 17th-century colonial province of the Seven United Netherlands that .... In New Netherland, profit was originally to be made from the North American fur ... The Algonquian Lenape population around New York Bay and along the ... The Dutch named the three main rivers of the province the Zuyd Rivier...
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Dutch West India Company - Wikipedia  Dutch West India Company was a chartered company (known as the "WIC") of Dutch merchants. Among its founding fathers was Willem Usselincx (15671647). .... The New Netherland area, which included New Amsterdam, covered parts of ... In the Americas, fur (North America) and sugar (South America) were the most...
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New Amsterdam surrendered to the English | History Today  New York City started its glittering history in a modest way as the Dutch ... In 1625 the company founded New Amsterdam at the southern tip of Manhattan Island...
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When Wall Street Was a Wall: A 1660 Map of Manhattan - Curbed NY  May 5, 2013 ... The Castello Plan is the earliest known map of New Amsterdam, and it was ... most border (at the right of the image), built to keep the natives out. .... I'm not sure the Dutch settler built the canals to make it feel more "Dutch. .... the City as much against attacks by the English as the Natives Indian Tribes.
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New Amsterdam becomes New York - Sep 08, 1664 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, New Amsterdam becomes New York on Sep 08, 1664. ... Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam, the capital of New .... Judiciary Committee, explaining that he wanted to end the national divisions ... On September 8, 1986, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Yutaka...
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The Dutch East India Company (VOC): Indonesian Chapter [with ...  Oct 1, 2015 ... Modern Indonesia was mapped by Dutch traders in their obsessive search for precious spices. ... Before the vanguard of the United East Indian Company  the .... In 1610, the VOC created the post of 'Governor General' in the East ... Days gone by: the Dutch City Hall and daily colonial life in old Batavia.
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Fort Nassau (South River) - Wikipedia  Fort Nassau was a factorij in New Netherland between 1627-1651 located at the mouth of Big Timber Creek at its confluence with the Delaware River. It was the first known permanent European-built structure in what would become the state of New Jersey. The creek name is a derived from the Dutch language Timmer Kill as ... (Dutch: Zuyd Rivier); the "North River" of the colony was the Hudson River.
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John M. Barry on Roger Williams and the Indians | History ...  Jan 1, 2012 ... The founder of Rhode Island often helped out the early colonists in their ... as well as between Indian tribes, chiefly the Narragansett and the Wampanoag. ... when an Englishman bought the land from the Indians, so this was a threat ... The Indians burned Providence and burned Williams' own house down,...
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Dutch Colonization  Fort Orange, the northernmost of the Dutch outposts, is known today as ... In 1609, two years after English settlers established the colony of Jamestown in ... in North America in 1624, establishing a settlement on present-day Manhattan. ... for the now legendary price of 60 guilders, formally established New Amsterdam, and...
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Today in NYC History: How The Dutch Actually Bought Manhattan ...  May 6, 2015 ... In May of 1626, Dutch West India Company rep Peter Minuit met with local Lenape ... to purchase the rights to the island of Manhattan for the value of 60 guilders. ... The exact value of 60 guilders in modern dollars is irrelevant  the ... himself, Hey, no one can really own land, man, let's share with the Dutch.
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New Amsterdam - Wikipedia  New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw-Amsterdam) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, which served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The factorij became a settlement outside of Fort Amsterdam. ... In 1524, nearly a century before the arrival of the Dutch, the site that later...