They offered free land to anyone who could find 50 settlers.
The Dutch set up a fur trading post at what is now Hartford, Connecticut. They settled there for only 30 years and then were gone. They did not really have to convince people: the fur traders went voluntarily in the hope of a good income from fur trading commissions; the others were largely West India Company personnel, sent there to set up and man the trading post.
They wanted a successful colony.
promote large scale agriculture
They offered free land to anyone who could find 50 settlers.
They offered free land to anyone who could find 50 settlers.
They offered free land to anyone who could find 50 settlers.
They offered free land to anyone who could find 50 settlers.
the dutch did settle in canada.
Dutch
The Dutch West India Company
Dutch. That is why it is called New Netherlands.
yes. That is why there are so many dutch last names in New York.
Peter Minuit was a Dutch explorer that took some Swedish colonists to settle in New Jersey.
The Dutch invited people from many other countries to come there.To help the colony grow the dutch encouraged people from many countries to settle in New Netherland