New Amsterdam period

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The New Amsterdam period refers to the era in which present-day New York City was a Dutch colonial settlement and trading post known as New Amsterdam, before it was taken over and renamed by the English.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial era
historical period
appliesTo New Amsterdam
associatedEvent English conquest of New Netherland
Kieft's War
Peach Tree War
construction of Fort Amsterdam
purchase of Manhattan Island
capitalOf New Netherland
currencyUsed Dutch guilder
endEvent English seizure of New Amsterdam
endYear 1664
followedBy English colonial period in New York
Province of New York
surface form: Province of New York period
governedBy Director-General of New Netherland
governingCompany Dutch West India Company
hasColonialPower Dutch Republic
Dutch West India Company
hasMainName New Amsterdam period self-link
languageUsed Dutch
Lenape
Low German
West Frisian
legacy Dutch legal traditions in New York
Dutch place names in New York
multicultural character of New York City
locatedInPresentDay Manhattan
New York City
New York State
United States of America
surface form: United States
notableGovernor Peter Minuit
Peter Stuyvesant
Willem Kieft
partOf Age of Exploration
surface form: Age of Discovery

Atlantic world
Dutch colonial empire
surface form: Dutch colonization of the Americas
populationCharacteristic ethnically diverse population
presence of enslaved Africans
precededBy Lenape habitation of Manhattan
primaryEconomicActivity Atlantic trade
fur trade
mercantile commerce
shipping
religiousPolicy relative religious tolerance
resultedIn establishment of New York City
startEvent founding of Dutch settlement on Manhattan
startYear 1624
urbanFeature defensive wall along present-day Wall Street
early street grid in Lower Manhattan

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History of New York City includesPeriod New Amsterdam period
New Amsterdam period hasMainName New Amsterdam period self-link