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The patroon system offered a large land grant to any person who brought 50 settlers to the colony.
They offered free land to anyone who could find 50 settlers.
A landholder in New Netherland who, under Dutch colonial rule, was granted rights to a large tract of land in exchange for bringing 50 new settlers to the colony.
A landholder in New Netherland who, under Dutch colonial rule, was granted rights to a large tract of land in exchange for bringing 50 new settlers to the colony.
They did it to find native women and have sex with them non-stop because they thought the native nipples were so sexy but when they got there there were only homosexual natives and they stayed there because they got an erection from them.
proprietors
promote large scale agriculture
The center of fur trade in New Netherland was the town of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Generous land grants to patroons , or lords, and religious tolerance soon brought Jews, French Huguenots, Puritans, and others to the colony. (New Netherland is now New York and New Amsterdam is now New York City).
The plantations were wealthy landowners in New Netherland who owned and ruled large estates.
Large Netherlands could be up to 4 pounds, but a purebred Netherland does not usually grow above 3 pounds. The average is about 2 1/2 pounds.
It was called a Land Grant, or Royal Grant.
The Spanish Conquistadors and settlers came to North America, they brought their ranching traditions and livestock with them. Ranching had grown out of necessity in Spain as a way to manage large herds of grazing animals.