New Netherland
Manhattan's colonial predecessor
New Netherland was the Dutch colonial territory in North America, centered on the Hudson River valley and including parts of present-day New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Delaware.
Established in 1614 and administered by the Dutch West India Company, the colony's capital was New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island.
The English seized the territory in 1664 and renamed it New York, though Dutch influence persisted in place names, architecture, and families like the Roosevelts and Vanderbilts.
Algonquian-speaking Eastern people
NYC's densest borough
- New AmsterdamDutch colonial settlement on Manhattan
- AlbanyNew York State capital
- charterFounding organizational document
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
trading post · burgher · Walloons · Huguenots · settlers · freehold · land grant
Major New York estuary
- East RiverNYC tidal strait
- Delaware RiverMid-Atlantic waterway to ocean
- Long IslandNYC's suburban peninsula
- Staten IslandNYC's least populous borough
Connecticut River · Harlem · Schenectady · Catskills · Sandy Hook
Commercial exchange of animal skins
- beaver peltsProcessed rodent hides
- wampumIndigenous American bead currency
- merchantOne who sells wares
- guilderFormer Dutch monetary unit
export · import · trading post · warehouse · storehouse · commerce · smuggling · tobacco
- voyageJourney by sea
- discoveryAct of finding something
- navigationDetermining position and course
- chartedRecorded systematically on diagram
sea route · sailing · expedition · maps · coastline · Northwest Passage
British royal peerage title
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- naval blockadeFleet sealing off ports
Lenape
Algonquian-speaking Eastern people
- MahicanAlgonquian-speaking northeastern tribe
- IroquoisNative American confederacy
- wampumIndigenous American bead currency
treaties · Hackensack · Tappan
Manhattan
NYC's densest borough
- New AmsterdamDutch colonial settlement on Manhattan
- AlbanyNew York State capital
- charterFounding organizational document
colonists · trading post · burgher · Walloons · Huguenots · settlers · freehold · land grant
Hudson River
Major New York estuary
- East RiverNYC tidal strait
- Delaware RiverMid-Atlantic waterway to ocean
- Long IslandNYC's suburban peninsula
Staten Island · Connecticut River · Harlem · Schenectady · Catskills · Sandy Hook
fur trade
Commercial exchange of animal skins
- beaver peltsProcessed rodent hides
- wampumIndigenous American bead currency
- merchantOne who sells wares
guilder · export · import · trading post · warehouse · storehouse · commerce · smuggling · tobacco · timber
Henry Hudson
- voyageJourney by sea
- discoveryAct of finding something
- navigationDetermining position and course
charted · sea route · sailing · expedition · maps · coastline · Northwest Passage
Duke of York
British royal peerage title
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- naval blockadeFleet sealing off ports
- Dutch AmericaNew Amsterdam, Dutch settlers, Henry Hudson, Dutch colonial, patroon
- Dutch ColoniesNew Amsterdam, Dutch East Indies, Suriname, Curacao, Aruba
- Dutch EmpireDutch East India Company, VOC, Batavia, New Amsterdam, Suriname
- Dutch WICWIC, New Amsterdam, Zeeland, Curacao, Suriname
New NetherlandNew England
Northeast U.S. region
English colonies · New France · Plymouth Colony · Massachusetts Bay Colony · Jamestown