Who were the first Europeans to settle in Suriname?

Answer 1

The English were the first Europeans who were known to settle in Suriname. Their first attempt at setting up an English colony was in the Marshall's Creek area, in 1630. But they abandoned the notion of an English speaking Suriname in 1667 with the signing of the Treaty of Breda of July 31. By that treaty, New York became an area of English settlement, and Suriname Dutch.