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Há 3 dias · When several English ships arrived in the port of New Amsterdam that same year, Peter Stuyvesant, the colony’s director general, surrendered and handed it over. In 1667, by virtue of the Treaty of Breda, the Dutch renounced New Amsterdam in exchange for Suriname, which was in English hands. From then on, New Amsterdam was renamed New York.
Há 5 dias · The violent history of the Dutch colony that is now New York is not well known in the Netherlands. The curators of a new exhibition want to change that.
3 de mai. de 2024 · New Amsterdam was a Dutch settlement until it was conquered by the British and renamed New York in 1664. Laurens Block, public domain via Wikimedia Commons. In 1609, the Dutch East India...
Há 5 dias · New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at Manhattan’s southern tip, which served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. Peter Stuyvesant, sixth...
Há 18 horas · However, New York remains for its residents a conglomeration of local neighbourhoods that provide them with familiar cuisines, languages, and experiences. A city of stark contrasts and deep contradictions, New York is perhaps the most fitting representative of a diverse and powerful nation.
- George Lankevich
Há 6 dias · The Middle Atlantic colonies of New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, settled later in the 1600s, emerged as a major source of food exports in the eighteenth century. Possessing better soil, a more favorable climate and excellent natural harbors in New York and Philadelphia, they became major exporters of bread, flour, wheat, and salted beef and pork for both the West Indies and southern Europe.
Há 1 dia · The Middle Colonies consisted of the present-day states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware and were characterized by a large degree of religious, political, economic, and ethnic diversity. The Dutch colony of New Netherland was taken over by the English and renamed New York.
