1. The Story of New Netherland 1609-1664 CS 150

15. Directors-General of New Netherland Peter Minuit 1626 -1632 Wouter van Twiller 1633 -1638 Willem Kieft 1638 - 1647 Pieter Stuyvesant 1647-1664

19. “… this colony will soon become a babble of confusion. We have here Papists, Mennonites and Lutherans among the Dutch, also many Puritans or Independents and many atheists and various other servants of evil…it would create still greater confusion, if the obstinate and immovable Jews came to settle here…so wild a country, with so many loose people…” -- Pieter Stuyvesant, about 1654

25. Report of the Board of Accounts in New Netherland. 1644 Estimate of the Expenses which the [West India] Company would have to bear in New Netherland for the following persons, to be rationed at their own expense : 1 director, whose monthly salary should be fl. 250 to board himself, is yearly …………………………….…fl. 3,000 1 clergyman, a fl. 120 per month ……................………1,440 1 schoolmaster, precentor and sexton, a fl. 30................…360

26. Pictures of Colonial Life

29. “ I value the blood of one Christian more than that of a hundred Indians.” -- Pieter Stuyvesant

33. This is the inside of a typical slave ship. Notice how they are packed together.

34. This painting depicts a slave auction in New Amsterdam in 1643.

35. The wall of New Amsterdam, constructed by enslaved Africans. Fort Amsterdam, improved and maintained by enslaved Africans. The dock, built by enslaved Africans. They also unloaded much of the cargo. The canal—now Broad Street—probably dredged by enslaved Africans. The Heer Straet, or Bredeweg—today’s Broadway—maintained by enslaved Africans. Households that may have used enslaved Africans as servants and farmhands.

41. What was the legacy of the Dutch?

42. Dutch Place Names in New York

44. Objects brought by Dutch colonists

45. Holiday and Sports Icons

46. New York – A center of international business and finance

47. New York – A center of diversity. Different peoples of the world living and working together.

48. “ If what made America great was its ingenious openness to different cultures, then the small triangle of land at the southern tip of Manhattan island is the New World birthplace of that idea…Manhattan is where America began.” --Russell Shorto The Island at the Center of the World (2004)