North America Evolution of the Dutch Empire

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new netherland

new netherland (nieuw-nederland) comprised areas of northeast atlantic seaboard of present-day united states visited dutch explorers , later settled , taken on dutch west india company. settlements located on hudson river @ fort nassau (1614–7) in present-day albany, new york (later resettled fort orange in 1624), , new amsterdam, founded in 1625 on manhattan island. new netherland reached maximum size after dutch absorbed swedish settlement of fort christina in 1655, thereby ending north american colony of new sweden.


new netherland formally ended in 1674 after third anglo-dutch war. dutch settlements passed english crown , new amsterdam renamed new york.


the treaty forged dutch , english stated each party hold onto lands held or conquered @ time of treaty of breda had ended second anglo-dutch war. there no exchange of lands. hence, english held onto new amsterdam (including manhattan island , hudson river valley), , dutch spoils included dutch guiana in south america, , group of islands in east indies known spice islands (now called maluku islands) source of valuable spice nutmeg. these islands place in world nutmeg tree found @ time.


dutch west indies

the dutch antilles (nederlandse antillen) comprised various islands around caribbean principally colonized or seized dutch spanish. first settlement @ saint martin in 1620. former territories include dutch virgin islands (nederlandse maagdeneilanden) settled in 1648 seized english in 1672 , new walcheren (nieuw-walcheren) on tobago held @ various times between 1628 , 1677.


six of original islands remain part of kingdom of netherlands day. 3 – aruba, curaçao, , st. maarten – counted countries within kingdom of netherlands, while bes islands – bonaire, saba, , st. eustatius – counted special municipalities of netherlands proper within country , overseas territories under eu.







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