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    •   Activity of Dutches. New niderlandy

    you are: Activity of Dutches

    Manhattan limited to the river I! udzon and protowhich Ist-River, protected by bays Louer-beat and Apper-beat, occupied convenient enough position. Before arrival of Dutches the island was occupied by peace tribes of Indians.

    The First Dutch poselentsy in 1614 have based on island the Fort-nassau (Nassau - a surname of princes Oransky). It was one of the first settlements of Europeans on territories of the present USA, and the Fort-nassau - the very first name of present New York.

    In 1621 general states of Republic of the Connected provinces officially declared presence new Â"the colonial earthsÂ" - the New Netherlands - and have given the right to their use of the Vest-Indsky company formed the same year for operation of the earths grasped in New Light. The company has received monopoly for trade with the American continent.

    In May, 1624 onboard a vessel Â"the New NetherlandsÂ" arrives to the Fort-nassau the first constant Dutch colonists - 30 families led by Willem Fershjultom. Borders of an old fort extend. The southern extremity of Manhattan - in memory that the fort on which walls guns have been established here settled down, - has received name Batteri (battery). The settlement erected near to the Fort-nassau, began to be called Niuve-Amsterdam - New Amsterdam. This second historical name of modern New York.

    The Island Manhattan (the nowadays-central part of New York) in 1626 has been redeemed at Indians for ridiculous even on those times the price - 60 guldens (or 24 dollars), transferred to leaders in the form of knifes, the tapes, different metal products. The transaction was carried out by the governor of the New Netherlands Peter Minejt who has remained in history as one of the most enterprising Dutches, made the most fantastic transaction in mankind history.

    In 1625 from Holland there has arrived the first group of the peasants which have based five agricultural farms, supplying with a foodstuff poselentsev. To the middle of the century round New Amsterdam settlements of Immigrants from other European countries start to grow. Certain pastor-missionary Joches has left record in the diary, that in 1643 people in New Amsterdam communicated in 18 languages. But the Dutch settlement remains the centre of business activity.