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What 2 Current cities did the Dutch settle in?
Fort Orange, the northernmost of the Dutch outposts, is known today as Albany; New York City’s original name was New Amsterdam, and the New Netherland’s third major settlement, Wiltwyck, is known today as Kingston.
What cities were found by the Dutch?
Cities
- Amsterdam, MO, USA.
- Amsterdam, NY, USA.
- Batavia, former name of Jakarta in Dutch Colonization Era, Indonesia.
- Batavia, NY, USA.
- Batavia, IL, USA.
- Batavia, IA, USA.
- Blauvelt, NY, USA.
- Bloemfontein, ZA.
What area was founded by the Dutch?
New Netherland was the first Dutch colony in North America. It extended from Albany, New York, in the north to Delaware in the south and encompassed parts of what are now the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, and Delaware.
What city did the Dutch settle?
The colony of New Netherland was established by the Dutch West India Company in 1624 and grew to encompass all of present-day New York City and parts of Long Island, Connecticut and New Jersey. A successful Dutch settlement in the colony grew up on the southern tip of Manhattan Island and was christened New Amsterdam.
What colonies did the Dutch have?
Former Dutch colonial possessions
- Dutch East Indies with company rule (1603–1949), and Dutch New Guinea (until 1962)
- Dutch India (1605–1825)
- Dutch Gold Coast (1612–1872)
- New Netherlands (1614–1667, 1673–1674)
- Dutch Guianas (1616–1975)
- Dutch Formosa (1624–1662), and Keelung (Fort Noord-Holland; 1663–1668)
When was New Netherland founded?
1614
New Netherland/Founded
New Netherland was established in 1614 as the first Dutch colony in North America, and spanned parts of what is now New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, and Delaware.
What was originally founded as a settlement by the Dutch?
After some early trading expeditions, the first Dutch settlement in the Americas was founded in 1615: Fort Nassau, on Castle Island along the Hudson, near present-day Albany. The settlement served mostly as an outpost for trading in fur with the native Lenape tribespeople, but was later replaced by Fort Orange.
What are two Dutch settlements in the Americas?
Netherlands (Dutch) Antilles Dutch colonization in the Caribbean started in 1634 on St. Croix and Tobago (1628), followed in 1631 with settlements on Tortuga (now Île Tortue) and Sint Maarten.