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The Economic Policies of the Dutch West India Company in New Netherland 1633–1639 (1969). Balmer, Randall H. "The Social Roots of Dutch Pietism in the Middle Colonies," Church History Volume: 53. Issue: 2. 1984. pp 187+ online edition; Barnouw, A.J. "The Settlement of New Netherland," in A.C. Flick ed., History of the State of New York (10 ...
The States General of the Dutch Republic awarded the newly formed Dutch West India Company a trade monopoly for the region in 1621, and New Netherland became a province of the Dutch Republic in 1624. The South River was initially chosen as the site of the capital because the colonists felt that it had the best climate.
By 1655, the population of New Netherland had grown to 9000 Dutch people, with 1,500 living in New Amsterdam. By 1664, the population of New Netherland had risen to almost 9,000 people, 2,500 of whom lived in New Amsterdam, 1,000 lived near Fort Orange, and the remainder in other towns and villages. [2] [4]
New Netherland colony, New Amsterdam capital. In 1621, the Dutch West India Company was founded for the purpose of trade. The WIC was chartered by the States-General and given the authority to make contracts and alliances with princes and natives, build forts, administer justice, appoint and discharge governors, soldiers, and public officers, and promote trade in New Netherland. [5]
Fort Orange (Dutch: Fort Oranje) was the first permanent Dutch settlement in New Netherland; the present-day city and state capital Albany, New York developed near this site. It was built in 1624 as a replacement for Fort Nassau , which had been built on nearby Castle Island and served as a trading post until 1617 or 1618, when it was abandoned ...
Johannes Pieterse van Brugh was born in Haarlem, The Netherlands in 1624. [2] After emigrating to New Amsterdam, Van Brugh became a prominent trader with the Dutch West India Company and was one of the burgomasters of the city in 1656. [3] He prospered in New Netherland by exporting furs and timber consigned from upriver at Beverwijck. [4]
In 1614, May was the first to sail the Mauritius River, now known as the Hudson River, where he entered into an agreement with various competing Indian tribal traders. On October 11, 1614, May became party to the New Netherland Company, which received an exclusive patent from the States General of the Netherlands for four voyages to be undertaken for the next three years to territories ...
The Dutch West India Company (WIC) was granted a charter by the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands on June 3, 1621, [1] forming a joint venture to exploit trade in New Netherland. The first settlers landed on Noten Island in 1624 and began the fortification and population of the colony.