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Something different from what took place in New Spain or New England, and New Netherland.
With the surrender of Fort Amsterdam in 1664, England gained control of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, renaming it New York.
In 1624, the Dutch briefly made Governors Island their base of operations in the freshly established territory of New Netherland — a tristate answer to the English colonies in Jamestown and Plymouth.
The Dutch laid claim to the territory he charted and planted a colony — New Netherland, with its capital of New Amsterdam — on the wilderness island of Manhattan.
In 1639, the leaders of New Netherland made one of the earliest recorded real estate deals in New York City history with the purchase of the area around the Gowanus Bay for construction of a tobacco plantation.
The British gained the thriving colony of New Netherland, and renamed it New York.
Since 1621, the Dutch West India Company had operated as a monopoly in New Netherland, on authority granted by the Dutch States General.
The colony was captured by the Dutch in 1655 and merged into New Netherland, with most of the colonists remaining.
Years later, the entire New Netherland colony was incorporated into England's colonial holdings.
The Dutch colony of New Netherland was taken over by the British and renamed New York.
In 1664, Charles II of England formally annexed New Netherland and incorporated it into the English colonial empire.
Few Dutch settlers to New Netherland made their home at Fort Goede Hoop on the Fresh River.
The States of Zeeland had tried to convince the States of Holland to take on the responsibility for the New Netherland province, but to no avail.
In November 1674, the Treaty of Westminster concluded the war and ceded New Netherland to the English.
The Van Buren family of President Martin Van Buren also originated in New Netherland.
Many Dutch words borrowed into English are evident in today's American vernacular and emanate directly from the legacy of New Netherland.
Early settlers and their descendents gave many placenames still in use throughout the region that was New Netherland.
The largest and most successful patroonship in New Netherland was the Manor of Rensselaerswijck, established by Kiliaen van Rensselaer.
His journey stimulated Dutch interest, and the area became known as New Netherland.
The original colony of New Netherland was settled by the Dutch and the law was also Dutch.
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The terms were that the province of New Netherland should belong to the English.
This I could prove also, were it not that the documents are in New Netherland and not here.
This river is full of sturgeon, as also are the two rivers of New Netherland.
He soon surrendered, and New Netherland became an English colony.
New Netherland was retained by England in exchange for Suriname.
New Jersey, as has been stated, was originally a part of New Netherland.
She was the first child of European parents born in New Netherland.
By 1628 there were four hundred colonists in New Netherland.
During the first Anglo-Dutch war of 1652-1654 Oliver Cromwell planned to attack New Netherland with the help of the New England colonists but the plan was never carried out.
In 1664, England's King Charles II granted an area of land on the East Coast of present-day North America known as New Netherland to his brother James, the Duke of York.
During the 1630s, a re-orientation of the slave trade into Dutch New Netherland occurred which greatly attributed to the creation of the Akan enclave on Manhattan Island.
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