Peter Minuit Research Paper

Peter Minuit was the founder of the New York colony which was originally called New Hampshire. He founded the colony in 1626 on the Manhattan island. In 1664 the Dutch surrendered the colony to the English then it was renamed New York, after the Duke of York. Peter Minuit was born 1580 in Wesel Germany. He later became the governor of the new Sweden colony in 1638. Growing up in is native city he became a merchant, he was a deacon in the local Dutch reformed congregation. Minuit established himself as a church deacon and a diamond cutter. In August 1613 he married Gertrude Raedts, the daughter of a burgomaster.