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Dutch Colonists form settlement in New Amsterdam
Dutch colonists form settlements in New Amsterdam and by the 1620s, elsewhere in New Netherlands. -
New Netherlands becomes New York
New Netherlands, which became New York, was settled by the Dutch refer to Peter Stuyvesant and Peter Minuit -
Peter Minuit
A Walloon from Tournai, in present-day Belgium. He was the 3rd Director of the Dutch North American colony of New Netherland from 1626 until 1631, and 3rd Governor of New Netherland. -
Dutch governor buys Manhattan Island
The governor of New Netherland, Peter Minuit, bought the island of Manhattan from the natives for about $24. -
Peter Stuyvesant
Served as the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until 1664 when he ceded to the English, after which it was renamed, New York. -
Peach Tree war
The Peach Tree War was a large scale attack by the Susquehannock Nation and allied Native Americans on New Netherlands settlements in New Amsterdam
