Fort Nassau (New Jersey)

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Fort Nassau (New Jersey) was a 17th-century Dutch colonial trading post and military fortification established along the Delaware River in what is now New Jersey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch colonial fort
military fortification
trading post
associatedWith Dutch colonization of the Americas
history of New Jersey
history of the Delaware Valley
category Colonial forts in the United States
Forts in New Jersey
New Netherland
conflictContext Dutch–Swedish rivalry in the Delaware Valley
continent North America
country Dutch Republic
era 17th century
function frontier outpost
trading station
heritage Dutch colonial
locatedIn New Jersey
locatedInPresentDay United States
locatedInRegion West Jersey
locatedNear present-day Gloucester City, New Jersey
locatedOnRiver Delaware River
locatedOpposite present-day Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
namedAfter House of Nassau
Nassau family
operatedBy Dutch West India Company
partOf New Netherland
status no longer extant
usedFor asserting Dutch territorial claims
fur trade
military defense
trade with Indigenous peoples

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
New Netherland
New Netherland ("Fort Casimir")
hadFort

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