{"id":1389,"date":"2015-07-11T05:28:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T04:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nieuwnederland.org\/project\/brief-chronology\/"},"modified":"2024-04-01T21:27:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:27:48","slug":"brief-chronology","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/nieuwnederland.org\/en\/project\/brief-chronology\/","title":{"rendered":"Brief Chronology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Beknopte chronologie&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Brief Chronology<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1609<\/strong> Henry Hudson, an Englishman sailing for the Dutch East India Company with the ship the Half Moon, \u2018discovers\u2019 the still relatively unknown Muhheakantuck River in northeast America that would later be named after him.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1610<\/strong> Amsterdam fur traders contract with seafarer Hendrick Christiaensen who knows the river as Rivi\u00e8re Montagne. Christiaensen, along with Adriaen Block and Jacob Eelkens, sets sail and \u2018rediscovers\u2019 the river.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1611<\/strong> Christiaensen, Block, and Eelkens explore the area more fully and start mapping it. They discover a good source for fur and trade opportunities. They discover a good source for fur and trade opportunities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1612<\/strong> These explorers build good, trusting relationships with local native tribes, especially the Mohawks and the Mohicans. They engage in lucrative trade \u2013 even create formal agreements \u2013 and improve their maps of the area.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1613<\/strong> Christiaensen and Block bring two sons of native tribe chiefs to Holland. Using their \u201cguests\u201d, Christiaensen and Block, and the Amsterdam merchants they represent, establish an exclusive trading license from Prince Maurits.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1614<\/strong>Competing traders do not recognise Maurits\u2019s authority. All merchants involved unite to form the New Netherland Company, which gets an exclusive license from the States General. A trading post, Fort Nassau is built on Castle Island. New Netherland is born.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1615<\/strong> Through the establishment of steady and fair trade with the native tribes, the Dutch solidify their enduring economic and political influence in North America.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1616<\/strong> The New Netherland Company extends its trading area to the south and explores another unknown river, now known as the Delaware. The region is mapped.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1617<\/strong>The traders discover that a specific type of shell bead, called Wampum or Sewant, is highly valued by the native tribes. Theses beads can be used as currency, which makes the fur trade even more lucrative.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1618<\/strong> The States General decide that the trade license of the New Netherland Company is no longer exclusive, and grants licensing to another trade company.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1619 Competition in the trading market<\/strong> destabilizes relations with the native., This leads to some bloody skirmishes, including one in which Hendrick Christiaensen and most of his crew are killed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1620<\/strong>The Pilgrims from Leiden join their fellow Puritan believers, and settle themselves northeast of New Netherland in newly created New England. There they establish the Plymouth Plantation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1621<\/strong> The Twelve Years Truce with Spain ends, and the Dutch Republic immediately establishes the counterpart of the East India Company (VOC), the West India Company. This WIC will get the exclusive license to exploit and colonize the area.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1622<\/strong> The New Netherland Company and other merchants are ordered to halt all their activities, and return their people, ships, and goods.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1623<\/strong> The WIC takes over the trade and some of the captains, and starts searching for more suitable places for forts and colonies. They re-establish relationships with the Native Tribes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1624 <\/strong>New Netherland becomes an official Dutch colony and province, under the auspices of the West India Company. The first colonists arrive on the ship \u2018New Netherland\u2019 and settle at several locations in the region.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1625<\/strong> They begin building Fort New Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan. A year later, the island is \u2018bought\u2019 from the Indians for tradesware worth a few dollars. Today, this area is known as New York City.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1664<\/strong> The English claim the region, \u2018because it was discovered by Englishman Henry Hudson in 1609,\u2019 and, under threat of war, Peter Stuyvesant is forced to hand over New Netherland. New Netherland and New Amsterdam are renamed New Jersey, Delaware and New York.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1673<\/strong> As a result of the Third Anglo-Dutch War, the Dutch reconquer New Netherland. A year later, during peace negotiations, it is exchanged for Surinam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> Brief Chronology 1609 Henry Hudson, an Englishman sailing for the Dutch East India Company with the ship the Half Moon, \u2018discovers\u2019 the still relatively unknown Muhheakantuck River in northeast America that would later be named after him. 1610 Amsterdam fur traders contract with seafarer Hendrick Christiaensen who knows the river as Rivi\u00e8re Montagne. 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