New Amsterdam

(proper noun)

The Dutch colonial settlement that later became New York.

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Examples of New Amsterdam in the following topics:

  • Freedom in New Netherland

    • In March 1664, Charles II of England resolved to seize New Netherland .
    • On August 27, 1664, four English frigates sailed into New Amsterdam's harbor and demanded New Netherland's surrender.
    • The surrender of Fort Amsterdam to England in 1664 was formalized in 1667, contributing to the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
    • Although largely observed in New Amsterdam and the Hudson River Valley, the terms of surrender were immediately violated by the English along the Delaware River, where pillaging, looting, and arson were undertaken under the orders of English Colonel Richard Carr who had been dispatched to secure the valley.
    • Analyze the Anglo-Dutch wars and the transfer of New Amsterdam to the British

  • The Dutch Empire

    • The new company sought recognition for New Netherland as a province, which was granted in 1623.
    • In 1626, the Director of the Dutch West India Company, Peter Minuit, purchased the island of Manhattan from the Lenape and started the construction of Fort Amsterdam, which grew to become the main port and capital, New Amsterdam .
    • Many New Netherlanders were Walloons, Huguenots, Germans, Scandinavian, and English relocated from New England.
    • In 1664, an English naval expedition ordered by the Duke of York and Albany (later James II of England) sailed intp the harbor at New Amsterdam, threatening to attack.
    • New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement that served as the capital of New Netherland.

  • An Empire of Commerce

    • New England had small farms and focused on fishing, forestry, shipping, and small industry to make money .
    • Since New England lacked good soil, their agricultural opportunities were limited
    • For example, the British Navy captured New Amsterdam (New York) in 1664.

  • The Expansion of England's Empire

    • England also took over the Dutch colony of New Netherland (including the New Amsterdam settlement), which was renamed the Province of New York in 1664.
    • With New Netherland, the English also came to control the former New Sweden (in what is now Delaware), which the Dutch had conquered earlier.
    • The Treaty of Union of 1706 combined England and Scotland into a new sovereign state called Great Britain.
    • The Act provided for the subjects of the new state to "have full freedom and intercourse of trade and navigation to and from any port or place within the said united kingdom and the Dominions and Plantations thereunto belonging. " While the Treaty of Union also provided for the winding up of the Scottish African and Indian Company, it made no such provision for the English companies or colonies.
    • Summarize the effect of European colonization on the indigenous peoples of the New World

  • Exploration and Conquest of the New World

    • In 1492, Christopher Columbus, supported by the Spanish government, undertook a voyage to find a new route to Asia and inadvertently encountered "new" lands in the Americas full of long established communities and cultures.
    • New France and New Netherland remained small commercial operations focused on the fur trade and did not attract an influx of migrants.
    • The Dutch in New Netherland confined their operations to Manhattan Island, Long Island, the Hudson River Valley, and what later became New Jersey.
    • England also took over the Dutch colony of New Netherland (including the New Amsterdam settlement), which was renamed the Province of New York in 1664.
    • With New Netherland, the English also came to control New Sweden (now Delaware), which the Dutch had conquered earlier.

  • The Coming of the English

    • In 1579, he landed somewhere on the western coast of North America, claiming the area for Elizabeth as "New Albion."
    • Soon, there was a rapid increase of English colonial activity, driven by the pursuit of new land, trade, and religious freedom.
    • The colonies were Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
    • The Middle Colonies, consisting of the present-day states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, were characterized by a large degree of religious, political, economic, and ethnic diversity.
    • In 1664, England took over the Dutch colony of New Netherland, including New Amsterdam, and renamed it the Province of New York.

  • Religion in Early New England

    • Unlike most of the Chesapeake or southern colonies which were established to make a profit, New England colonies were largely established for religious reasons.
    • The first Puritans of New England disapproved of Christmas celebrations, as did some other Protestant churches of the time.
    • They worked primarily in Philadelphia and New York, and Methodism spread along the East Coast leading up to the American Revolution.
    • The first Jewish people came to America in 1654; these were Sephardic Jews who came from Recife, Brazil, and landed in New Amsterdam (now New York City).
    • In 1689, the Glorious Revolution of William and Mary ignited a new anti-Catholic revolt in Maryland.

  • From New Netherland to New York

    • The Dutch colony of New Netherland was taken by the British in the 17th century and later became the colonies of New York and New Jersey.
    • In 1609, Henry Hudson, an English explorer, was hired by the Flemish Protestants running the Dutch East India Company in Amsterdam to find a northeast passage to Asia.
    • Chartered in 1614, New Amsterdam was a colonial province of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
    • The Dutch in New York chafed under English rule.
    • The governors of New York then ruled New Jersey, which infuriated the settlers of New Jersey, who accused the governor of showing favoritism to New York.

  • Financial Strains

    • In turn, the Americans launched the American Revolution, resulting in an all-out war against the British and in independence for the new United States of America.
    • By 1780, the paper money was "not worth a Continental", as people said, and a second issue of new currency was attempted.
    • The second issue quickly became nearly worthless—but it was redeemed by the new federal government in 1791 at 100 cents on the dollar.
    • When France officially entered the war in 1778, the subsidies continued, and the French government, as well as bankers in Paris and Amsterdam, loaned large sums to the American war effort.

  • The Politics of Inflation

    • By 1780, the paper money was "not worth a Continental", as people said, and a second issue of new currency was attempted.
    • The second issue quickly became nearly worthless, but it was redeemed by the new federal government in 1791 at 100 cents on the dollar.
    • When France officially entered the war in 1778, the subsidies continued, and the French government, as well as bankers in Paris and Amsterdam, loaned large sums to the American war effort.