Dutch West India Company

first African slaves were brought to North Africa to assist in cultivation of the profitable crops. When Europeans colonized North America, the region had huge lands that required labor for productivity. The first African slaves were brought by the Dutch and proved to be very industrious. As a result, slavery was widely embraced in all American colonies. The invention of cotton gin in the 18th century hardened the key role that slaves played in the American economy. As slavery evolved, an…

In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. His many voyages paved the way for European exploration. But did Columbus really discover the Americas on his own? No, it is known that millions of people lived in the Americas before Columbus. For most of human history, archaeologists have found modern humans originating from Africa about 400,000 years ago (Of The People, 4). During the last ice age, glaciers expanded that the sea level dropped and created a land bridge between Siberia in Asia and Alaska…

the World is based on the fact that the people were shaping the colony, not a king or an assigned ruler. The freedom of government in New Netherlands is unique, and our current culture may have been influenced by their leading system. The core of Dutch trade is that it is virtually free. American trade is also free, and anybody can create and sell anything they wish provided they follow the law. New Amsterdam has served as paradigm for American society due to its freedom of religion, voice of…

(social). This also introduced African culture, religious ideas, music, art, cuisine, into the making of American cultures (cultural). Banda Islands- Islands famous for nutmeg. The motive for the Dutch conquest of these islands…

Mediterranean to the Atlantic a) Prince Henry of Portugal -1415 -conquered Moroccan port of Ceuta and sponsored a series of voyages down the West African coast. - established trading posts at Sao Jorge da Mina, West Africa -1488, Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope and entered the Indian Oceans. b) Vasco da Gama -Portuguese -1497, went to India -trade gold with peppers - trading post at Calicut, 1500 c) Christopher Columbus, - Genoese mariner Cristoforo Colombo, known in…

rebelled and won their independence in the 1500s The 1600s were the Golden Age for the Dutch The Dutch East India Company was set up to trade with the world. The company built army of 10,000 men and a fleet of 190 ships for protection. The East India Company did all of its business in the Spice Islands of Indonesia 4) The Dutch West India Company did all their work in the Caribbean The West India Company was smaller and weaker by a landslide It was easier to do as much raiding as trading.…

The name of the Dutch colonization in South America was Surinam, also known as Dutch Guiana. The colonization in North America was the Hudson River Valley (The Western Heritage). In South America, the Dutch at first had an economy weighing on the established sugar plantations. In North America, at first sugar plantations were also the leading industry. In fact, the Dutch were the first to bring African slaves to North America and were used on…

traders, and the natives. Their partnership allowed for the French to become acclimated into the successful fur trade, and agricultural estates along St. Lawrence River, which made the French able to compete with British for land in North America. The Dutch similarly sustained an active trade system of furs in New York,…

In the 17th century, Dutch settlement began to claim territory in the New World. During the beginning of their settlement there were many issues. That land was named New Amsterdam. This territory had many important changes, which includes the renaming of the settlement of New York as we know today. Although, Governor Peter Minuit purchased Manhattan from a local tribe, Indians of Algonquian, in 1629 for trinkets value about 60 guilders. The difference in cultural backgrounds and property…

Henry Hudson was an educated English explorer and navigator believed to be born “in 1570, in Hoddersdon, Hertfordshire, northwest of London” (Quezzaire). Hudson probably served in the Muscovy Company when he was young due to his family’s high prestige in the Muscovy Company. In the late 1500s, he got married to a woman called Katherine, and together, they had three sons: Oliver, Richard and John (softschools.com). It is believed that he had firsthand education about seafaring, and worked aboard…