New Netherland map published by Nicolaes Visscher II (1649–1702)
Status
Colony (Dutch colonial empire)
Capital
New Amsterdam
Official languages
Dutch[1][2]
Minority languages
Low Saxon, French, English, Algonquian, Delaware
Religion
Dutch Reformed[3]
Demonym(s)
New Netherlander
Government
Self-governing colony
• Director
(List)
Establishment
• Establishment of the first settlers
1614
• Capture of New Amsterdam
August 27, 1664
• Treaty of Breda
July 23, 1667
• Reconquest of New Netherland
August 9, 1673
• Treaty of Westminster
February 19, 1674
Population
• Estimate
350 (in 1630)[4] 4,301 (in 1650)[4] 9,000 (in 1674)
Currency
Dutch rijksdaalder, leeuwendaalder
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Lenapehoking
Province of New York
Province of New Jersey
Province of Pennsylvania
Delaware Colony
Connecticut Colony
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Today part of
United States
Connecticut
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
New Netherland series
Exploration
Fortifications:
Fort Amsterdam
Fort Nassau (North)
Fort Orange
Fort Nassau (South)
Fort Goede Hoop
De Wal
Fort Casimir
Fort Altena
Fort Wilhelmus
Fort Beversreede
Fort Nya Korsholm
De Rondout
Settlements:
Noten Eylandt
Nieuw Amsterdam
Rensselaerswijck
Nieuw Haarlem
Beverwijck
Wiltwijk
Bergen
Pavonia
Vriessendael
Achter Col
Vlissingen
Oude Dorpe
Colen Donck
Greenwich
Heemstede
Rustdorp
Gravesende
Breuckelen
Nieuw Amersfoort
Midwout
Nieuw Utrecht
Boswijk
Swaanendael
Nieuw Amstel
Nieuw Dorp
The Patroon System
Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions
Cornelius Jacobsen May (1620–25)
Willem Verhulst (1625–26)
Peter Minuit (1626–32)
Sebastiaen Jansen Krol (1632–33)
Wouter van Twiller (1633–38)
Willem Kieft (1638–47)
Peter Stuyvesant (1647–64)
People of New Netherland
New Netherlander
Twelve Men
Eight Men
Nine Men
Flushing Remonstrance
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New Netherland (Dutch: Nieuw Nederland)[5] was a 17th-century colonial province[6] of the Dutch Republic located on the east coast of what is now the United States of America. The claimed territories extended from the Delmarva Peninsula to Cape Cod. Settlements were established in what became the states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut, with small outposts in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
The colony was originally conceived by the Dutch West India Company (GWC) in 1621 to capitalize on the North American fur trade. Settlement initially stalled because of policy mismanagement by the GWC, and conflicts with Native Americans. The settlement of New Sweden by the Swedish South Company encroached on its southern flank, while its eastern border was redrawn to accommodate an expanding New England Confederation.
The colony experienced dramatic growth during the 1650s, and became a major center for trade across the North Atlantic. The Dutch conquered New Sweden in 1655, but during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, surrendered New Netherland to the English following the capture of New Amsterdam. In 1673, the Dutch retook the colony but relinquished it under the Treaty of Westminster (1674) that ended the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
The inhabitants of New Netherland (New Netherlanders) were European colonists, Native Americans, and Africans imported as slave laborers. Not including Native Americans, the colonial population, many of whom were not of Dutch descent,[7][8][9] was 4,301 in 1650,[4] and 8,000 to 9,000 at the time of transfer to England in 1674.
^"The New Netherland Dutch". The People of Colonial Albany live here. February 2003. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
^Shorto, Russell (November 27, 2003). "The Un-Pilgrims — The New York Times". The New York Times (New York ed.). p. 39. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
^Wentz, Abel Ross (1955). "New Netherland and New York". A Basic History of Lutheranism in America. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press. p. 6.
^ abcCite error: The named reference popstats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Neerlandia or Latin: Novum Belgium. This is the form of the name used in the colonial seal (in the genitive form Novi Belgii).
^"P. Geyl, Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse stam · DBNL".
^Peter Eisenstadt, ed. Encyclopedia of New York State (Syracuse UP, 2005) p. 1051.
^Scheltema, Gajus and Westerhuijs, Heleen. Exploring Historic Dutch New York, 2013.
^Oliver A. Rink, Holland on the Hudson: An Economic and Social History of Dutch New York, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1986, p. 156.
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