Dutch West Indie Company
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New Netherlands is the original settlement name for New York
Peter Minuit , in 1624, established New Netherlands.
New York, originally!
New Amsterdam is the name of the major Dutch settlement in the new world=D
King Charles the second wanted to make New Netherlands an English colony. At the time New Netherlands was a Dutch settlement.
influence of European settlement in north and south America
Jamestown, Virgina 1607
Daniel boone
The Dutch
The main city of New Netherlands was New Amsterdam. It was a Dutch settlement in the 17th century and was the seat of government of this colony. In 1665, New Amsterdam became New York after it was seized by the English. It was named for the Duke of York.
They named it New Netherlands. I found this on page 188 in the Our Nation textbook
The Netherlands