New Amsterdam
Colonial Dutch settlement
New Amsterdam was the Dutch colonial settlement at the southern tip of Manhattan, founded in 1626 as the capital of New Netherland.
The English seized it in 1664 and renamed it New York.
The name survives in historical references and occasionally in nostalgic or literary contexts evoking early New York: Back when this was New Amsterdam.
Dutch American colonial territory
- settlersThose who establish homes
- burghersUrban merchant-class inhabitants
- fur tradeCommercial exchange of animal skins
- beaver peltsProcessed rodent hides
wampum · charter · fortification · taverns · gabled houses · surrender · colonial administration · Dutch settlers
NYC's densest borough
- islandWater-bounded land mass
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- Hudson RiverMajor New York estuary
- East RiverNYC tidal strait
Wall Street · Broadway · canals · windmills · natural harbor · waterfront · landfill
American finance hub
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
- HarlemManhattan neighborhood, cultural landmark
- BrooklynWestern Long Island borough
- BronxNYC's northernmost borough
Roosevelt · Vanderbilt · cookie · coleslaw · stoop
Those who conduct commerce
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- fur tradingCommerce in animal skins
- beaver peltsProcessed rodent hides
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
shipping · marketplace · import · export · guilds · slavery · sugar · trading post
New Netherland
Dutch American colonial territory
- settlersThose who establish homes
- burghersUrban merchant-class inhabitants
- fur tradeCommercial exchange of animal skins
beaver pelts · wampum · charter · fortification · taverns · gabled houses · surrender · colonial administration · Dutch settlers · Walloons
Manhattan
NYC's densest borough
- islandWater-bounded land mass
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- Hudson RiverMajor New York estuary
East River · Wall Street · Broadway · canals · windmills · natural harbor · waterfront · landfill
Wall Street
American finance hub
merchants
Those who conduct commerce
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- fur tradingCommerce in animal skins
- beaver peltsProcessed rodent hides
tobacco · shipping · marketplace · import · export · guilds · slavery · sugar · trading post · seaport
- NetherlandsRotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, tulips, windmills
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- Historic American TownsJamestown, Plymouth, Williamsburg, St. Augustine, Salem
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