The two English colonies with the highest Dutch-speaking populations were New Netherland (present-day New York) and New Jersey. Dutch influence in these colonies can still be seen today in the form of place names, architecture, and cultural traditions.
dutch women could own property after they married
the dutch controlled the lands.
=About the English stealing the Dutches land=
New York
The people called "Pennsylvania Dutch" were settlers from Germany that set up homesteads in eastern and central Pennsylvania. The word for German is Deutsch, so when people asked them were they were from, the English heard 'Dutch' and assumed they were from Holland, e.g. English speaking folks thought they said "Dutch".
English women could not own property after they married.
they were settled mainly by English, French, Dutch, and Germans.
There were several ethnic groups that settled in the middle colonies. Those groups included Swedish people, Irish, English, Scottish, Dutch, and French.
English women could not own property after they married
English women could not own property after they married.
English women could not own property after they married