New Amsterdam: The Dutch West Indian Company
2) New York used to be called "New Amsterdam." Tell the history behind this, how it change hands to become New York.
Before New Amsterdam becomes New York, New Amsterdam was a Dutch colony, ruled by the Dutch West Indian Company. The Dutch West Indian Company established a patroon system to defend their market and their personal interests. Under the patroon system, rough cabin houses was built for the new settlers. The patroon were first settlers who owned a portion of land and charged taxes or rent to the new settlers who became farmers. The Dutch Indian Company hired authoritarian leader for New Amsterdam to established order and to prevent outside invaders; this leader was Peter Stuyvesant who treated his citizen badly by using punishment.
However, Stuyvesant was the first to established a municipal in New Amsterdam. Therefore, in 1664 was the day declared as Thanksgiving in New Amsterdam after Stuyvesant killed all the Esopus Natives. The same year New Amsterdam surrounded to the English Rule and named it as New York. The reason why New Amsterdam became New York was because the King Charles II of England for his brother birthday, gave the Dutch Colony renamed New York in his honor to King James II.
Under the English Rule the settlers were treated well because it regulated the trade and made laws. Most Important Richard Nicolls become the governor because he helped to captured New Amsterdam. The English established a civil government and bound the proprietors to levy taxes. Consequently, the Treaty of Breda in 1667 helped to settle the dispute between the Dutch and English by ceded New York to the English. Incidentally, in 1673 the Dutch return to rule New York and renamed back to New Amsterdam. But the Treaty of Westminster confirmed that the English had controlled of New York. Eventually, in 1680 was the day of the return to the English Rule and hince those years the English controlled the cost of North American until the Revolutionary War.
Before New Amsterdam becomes New York, New Amsterdam was a Dutch colony, ruled by the Dutch West Indian Company. The Dutch West Indian Company established a patroon system to defend their market and their personal interests. Under the patroon system, rough cabin houses was built for the new settlers. The patroon were first settlers who owned a portion of land and charged taxes or rent to the new settlers who became farmers. The Dutch Indian Company hired authoritarian leader for New Amsterdam to established order and to prevent outside invaders; this leader was Peter Stuyvesant who treated his citizen badly by using punishment.
However, Stuyvesant was the first to established a municipal in New Amsterdam. Therefore, in 1664 was the day declared as Thanksgiving in New Amsterdam after Stuyvesant killed all the Esopus Natives. The same year New Amsterdam surrounded to the English Rule and named it as New York. The reason why New Amsterdam became New York was because the King Charles II of England for his brother birthday, gave the Dutch Colony renamed New York in his honor to King James II.
Under the English Rule the settlers were treated well because it regulated the trade and made laws. Most Important Richard Nicolls become the governor because he helped to captured New Amsterdam. The English established a civil government and bound the proprietors to levy taxes. Consequently, the Treaty of Breda in 1667 helped to settle the dispute between the Dutch and English by ceded New York to the English. Incidentally, in 1673 the Dutch return to rule New York and renamed back to New Amsterdam. But the Treaty of Westminster confirmed that the English had controlled of New York. Eventually, in 1680 was the day of the return to the English Rule and hince those years the English controlled the cost of North American until the Revolutionary War.