703+New+Amsterdam+aka+New+York+Colony,+Mid-Atlantic

Group Members: Sarah Lewis Lobar Jabborova Hamza S.

Background:
The settlement of New Amsterdam followed the explorations of Henry Hudson for the Dutch (approx. 100 years after Cabot explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Virginia for the British), and the subsequent purchase by Peter Minuit of Manhattan Island in 1626. Owned and run by the West India Company, the young colony was protected by paid soldiers. The company also paid farmers and tradesmen to come work in and for the colony. The Dutch, being most interested in making a return on their monetary investments, supported religious freedom as well as open trade. By 1630, the population numbered about 270. Of these, only about half were Dutch, since settlers from among the Belgian (Walloons) and French Huguenots, as well as English, were welcomed.

**Map:**
//This map shows the 1660 in New Amsterdam, New York.//

**__//New York was originally a Dutch colony.//__**
= Question 1: =

The people were educated by Gilder Lehrman. People was educated good by learning the Alphabet and people who were bad would get beaten or hold heavy books in the head.
//This is a knife.They used this to cut things.// this is a famous ship. this is a mayflower the pilgrims used it. = Question 2: = = How was religion important to the colonists? =

//This picture is showing the slavery in New Amsterdam, New York.//
=Question 3: =

Why Slavery?
==== Slavery in New York use of black slaves in New Netherland began in 1626, when the first cargo of 11 Africans was unloaded by the Dutch West India Company.The company had been founded in 1621, and it "operated both as a commercial company and as a military institution with quasi-statelike powers." The company had tried its colonial experiment of New Netherland at first with agricultural laborers from Holland, but this plan went nowhere. Most of the Dutch who came to America sought to pile up money in the lucrative fur trade and then hurry back to the comforts of Holland to enjoy their wealth. So the company increasingly turned to slaves, which it already was importing in vast numbers to its Caribbean colonies.====

//This is how they would wear in 1660s.//

**Religion**
===**There was no religion in the New York colony. Religious toleration was very rapid there. In fact, there was 18 different languages spoken there and it is said to have the first Jewish synagogue of the thirteen colonies and the Americas **===

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