How can you describe the rise and fall of the Dutch North American colonization? The Dutch played a crucial role in the formation of North America. This essay will highlight the significant achievements. It will also discuss how it rose to power, its downfall, where the Dutch settled and who their leaders were.
As the English immigrants struggled to expand Virginia, the Dutch claimed the Hudson River Valley. The French also acquired St. Lawrence at the same time. They procured Manhattan from the Indians and created the local headquarters at New Amsterdam (Gillon, 53). The Dutch West India Company captured slaves from the African continent to the United States and Netherland. The Dutch West India Company had the mandate of getting prospective …show more content…
Its principal focus was commerce between America, West Africa, and Netherlands. The company's chief role was establishing more colonies. They acquired slaves from West Africa and brought them to Netherlands. To increase their population, they rewarded anyone who brought five people to Netherlands with 200 acres of land (Gillon, 60).
The Dutch and the French were in a better state to fund the colonization ventures compared to the English. Despite the fact that they faced political and religious strife at home, it did not stop them. The Spanish directly ruled the Dutch from 1519. The Dutch, however, rebelled against them with the help of the Calvinists. The two sides only negotiated a truce in 1608. The Dutch was established by the Dutch West India Company in 1624 and grew to a thriving Dutch settlement (Gillon, 60). Massive settlement between 1620 and 1640 caused the fast development of New Netherland and English colonies. Increased need for human workforce in North America and the West Indies, employment by the officials of the company, and happenings in Europe as well as in and the South Atlantic border channeled refugees through the Atlantic. The religious conflict then politics provoked the formation of two more colonies in England (Gillon
As the English immigrants struggled to expand Virginia, the Dutch claimed the Hudson River Valley. The French also acquired St. Lawrence at the same time. They procured Manhattan from the Indians and created the local headquarters at New Amsterdam (Gillon, 53). The Dutch West India Company captured slaves from the African continent to the United States and Netherland. The Dutch West India Company had the mandate of getting prospective …show more content…
Its principal focus was commerce between America, West Africa, and Netherlands. The company's chief role was establishing more colonies. They acquired slaves from West Africa and brought them to Netherlands. To increase their population, they rewarded anyone who brought five people to Netherlands with 200 acres of land (Gillon, 60).
The Dutch and the French were in a better state to fund the colonization ventures compared to the English. Despite the fact that they faced political and religious strife at home, it did not stop them. The Spanish directly ruled the Dutch from 1519. The Dutch, however, rebelled against them with the help of the Calvinists. The two sides only negotiated a truce in 1608. The Dutch was established by the Dutch West India Company in 1624 and grew to a thriving Dutch settlement (Gillon, 60). Massive settlement between 1620 and 1640 caused the fast development of New Netherland and English colonies. Increased need for human workforce in North America and the West Indies, employment by the officials of the company, and happenings in Europe as well as in and the South Atlantic border channeled refugees through the Atlantic. The religious conflict then politics provoked the formation of two more colonies in England (Gillon