New Netherland

E1702

Dutch colonial province former colony

New Netherland was a 17th-century Dutch colonial province in North America that encompassed parts of present-day New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut.

Aliases (6)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch colonial province → former colony →
capital	New Amsterdam →
capitalPresentDayLocation	Manhattan, New York City →
charteredCompany	Dutch West India Company →
colonialPower	Netherlands →
conquestYear	1664 →
continent	North America →
country	Dutch Republic →
economyBasedOn	agriculture → fur trade → trade →
endDate	1674 →
firstEuropeanClaimBy	Henry Hudson →
firstEuropeanClaimYear	1609 →
firstPermanentSettlement	Fort Orange →
firstPermanentSettlementPresentDayLocation	Albany, New York →
formalCessionTreaty	Treaty of Westminster (1674) →
foundedBy	Dutch West India Company →
governedBy	Director-General of New Netherland →
hadFort	Fort Amsterdam → Fort Casimir → Fort Nassau (New Jersey) → Fort Orange →
indigenousPeoples	Lenape → Mahican → Mohawk →
legacy	Dutch place names in New York region → influence on New York City law and customs →
locatedIn	Atlantic coast of North America →
lostTo	Kingdom of England →
majorRiver	Connecticut River → Delaware River → Hudson River →
notableDirectorGeneral	Peter Stuyvesant → Willem Kieft →
officialLanguage	Dutch →
otherLanguagesSpoken	English → Lenape languages →
partOfPresentDay	Connecticut → Delaware → New Jersey → New York →
religion	Dutch Reformed Church →
startDate	1624 →
successorState	Connecticut Colony → Province of Delaware → Province of New Jersey → Province of New York → Province of Pennsylvania →

Referenced by (65)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Beverwijck → Fort Amsterdam → Fort James → Fort Orange → Fort Willem Hendrick → New Amsterdam →	locatedIn
Abraham Rycken → Peter Stuyvesant → Peter Stuyvesant → Willem Kieft → Wouter van Twiller →	residence
Bronck family ("New Netherland colony") → Dutch Americans → Halve Maen →	associatedWith
Colonial America → Dutch colonial empire → Thirteen Colonies ("Delaware Colony") →	hasPart
Beverwijck ("New Netherland colony") → Fort Nassau (New Jersey) → Fort Willem Hendrick →	partOf
Delaware Colony → Province of Delaware → West Jersey →	precededBy
New York Colony ("Province of New Netherland") → Province of New Jersey → Province of New York →	predecessor
Fort Nassau (New Jersey) → Fort Willem Hendrick →	category
Fort James → Nicholas Bayard →	historicalRegion
English forces under Richard Nicolls → Kieft's War →	location
Dutch West India Company → Dutch colonial empire →	notableColony
Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt → Willem Kieft →	regionOfActivity
Bronck family → Dutch settlers →	settledIn
John Underhill →	activeIn
Heeren XIX →	appliesToJurisdiction
New Haven Colony →	borderedBy
Dutch Republic →	colonialPossession
New France →	colonialRival
Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt →	colony
Treaty of Westminster (1674) →	confirmedControlOf
Fort Orange ("Province of New Netherland") →	controlledBy
Wiltwyck →	country
Bronck family →	countryOfSettlement
Katrina Van Tassel ("Dutch colonial New York") →	culturalContext
Wiltwyck ("New Netherland colony") →	foundingColonialPower
New Netherland ("Director-General of New Netherland") →	governedBy
Willem Kieft →	governedTerritory
New Haven Colony →	hadDisputeWith
Fort Amsterdam →	hasCategory
Reformed Church in America ("Colony of New Netherland") →	historicalRoot
Anne Hutchinson →	laterMovedTo
Jersey City →	locatedInHistoricRegion
A History of New York ("Dutch colonial New York") →	mainSubject
Dutch West India Company →	operatedInColony
Abraham Rycken →	placeOfActivity
Anne Hutchinson →	placeOfDeath
Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt →	placeOfImmigration
Book III (A History of New York) ("Dutch colonial New York") →	subject
Dutch colonial empire →	territoryIncludes
Wouter van Twiller →	workLocation