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A patroon (from Dutch patroon, owner or head of a company)landlord
They Had to bring 50 or more people from a new land to become a Patroon
The patroon system brought "attracted" people to the colonies. The person in charge of one patroon (bringing over 50 people) would receive a large land grant and special privileges in hunting, fishing, and fur trading on the land.
A patroon.
The Dutch West India Company set up the patroon system as an inducement to get people to come to the colonies. The patroon system was sort of a feudal aristocracy, In exchange for bringing 50 adults to his estate over a four-year period and providing livestock, tools, and buildings, a patroon was given a 25-kilometer river-front plot, exclusive fishing and hunting privileges, and civil and criminal jurisdiction over his lands. The adults the patroon brought over were considered tenants, and they paid the patroon rent and gave him first option on surplus crops.
A patroon (from Dutch patroon, owner or head of a company)landlord
It's a patroon.
Patroon Island Bridge was created in 1968.
A patroon was a Dutch land owner in New Netherland with manorial rights in the Colonial era
They Had to bring 50 or more people from a new land to become a Patroon
The Patroon System was an attempt to make the colony grow, unfortunately it failed.
The Patroon System was an attempt to make the colony grow, unfortunately it failed.
That is the correct spelling of "patroon" meaning a Dutch landowner.Similar words are patron (supporter, financier) and poltroon (coward, reprobate).
Kiliaen van Rensselaer - fifth patroon of Rensselaerswyck - was born in 1663.
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The patroon system offered a large land grant to any person who brought 50 settlers to the colony.
The patroon system brought "attracted" people to the colonies. The person in charge of one patroon (bringing over 50 people) would receive a large land grant and special privileges in hunting, fishing, and fur trading on the land.