They were a colony because they came and built New Amsterdam well before the English came to Plymouth. The English didn't want to control them, but wanted the location. New Amsterdam had a good natural port and good resources and THAT is what they were after from the Dutch.
The English.
English Catholics.
Royal colonies
Plymouth
wasn't it a penal colony? Oglethorpe
The Dutch never settled the Connecticut region.
English Separatists founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. English Puritans founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.
The governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was John Winthrop. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled in 1630 by the English.
The governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was John Winthrop. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled in 1630 by the English.
The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (settled in 1624) became New York City when the English took control in 1664.
Connecticut was settled by the Dutch in 1614. It was also settled by the English in 1633 by Reverend Thomas Hooker.
The term for a colony under direct control of the English King or Queen is a royal colony, or crown colony. The colony is ruled by a governor appointed by the Monarch.