New Netherland

Peter Stuyvesant

Positive Changes: -Made safe laws -Chimneys well built & clean -Police force (watchman) -Taverns closed at 9pm -Animals kept in a pen -No garbage in streets -Free schools, fire dept, hospital & post office -1st port in NY harbor -Improved relations with Native Americans

Peter Minuit

In 1626, he arrived as the governor (leader) of New Amsterdam (Manhattan)

Peter Stuyvesant

Negative Changes: -Treated Jews & Quakers unfairly -Called people names like clown or rebel -wanted to be the boss

Colonists

People who live in the colony

Slaves

A person owned by another person and can be sold or bought like a piece of property

Colony

A settlement ruled by another country

Patroon

A landowner who brought 50 settlers to New Netherland to settle

Indentured Servant

-A person who agrees to work for someone without pay for a period of time -Their trip to N.A. was paid for by their owner -They learned a job like blacksmithing or candle making -Later given their freedom

Patroon System

-Created to get more people to settle New Netherlands -This system died out and people could now own their own land

Peter Minuit

-He "bought" Manhattan Island from Lenni Lenape -He "paid" for the land using tools, beads and clothing totaling about $24

Peter Stuyvesant

-In 1647, arrived as the new governor (leader) of New Amsterdam. -He made many changes

New Netherland

-Included parts of NY, NJ & Delaware

Fort Orange

-Located in NY on the Hudson River -Today it is called Albany -1st permanent European settlement in NY

New Amsterdam

-Located in the tip of Manhattan Island -Today it is called New York City

Dutch West India Company

-Set in 1621 to trade furs with Native Americans -Main goal was to send settlers to N. America to set up a colony

Why did the Dutch settle in New Amsterdam

-Settlers were looking for a new start -Some settlers came to farm (more land) -Settlers came for the fur trade