Tag Archives: new amsterdam
The Role I Was Born For!
Have you ever asked who built the walls that made Wall Street? Or even who cut the roads to make Broadway? It’s a fact that Native Americans were not stable enough for the physical labor that building a new colony … Continue reading
The Dutch West India Company
The Dutch colonizers had a big plan to create New amsterdam (mordern day New York) into a major trading center. The Dutch West India Company proved to be a significant factor into what New York City is today. The DWIC … Continue reading
Spreading your seed
In hopes of expanding trade Dutch and English Companies often commissioned explorers such as Henry Hudson and Giovanni daVerrazano to find more efficient routes for trade. Although their original goals were not meet, inadvertently the “discovery” of this new region … Continue reading
Failed Diplomacy: A Major Cause of New Amsterdam’s Downfall
Amongst the many events leading to the fall of New Amsterdam and its takeover by the English in 1664, rising tensions and conflicts brought about by failed diplomacy between the Natives and the Dutch colonizers caused a substantial amount of … Continue reading
The Dutch- Urbanization’s Stepping Stone
The arrival of the Dutch influenced the urbanization of America a great deal. The failure of the Hudson Voyage to find a direct route from Holland to New York did not stop the Dutch. The twenty five foot building of New Amsterdam … Continue reading
Stuyvesant comes to town
I feel that in 1674 New Amsterdam became lucky when Peter Stuyvesant came there way. He was a Director General who came to reform New Amsterdam. The city was heading in the wrong direction and there was no form of … Continue reading