New York
New York
Region: Middle colonies
When were they a colony:1664
Industry: shipbuilding, iron works, cattle, grain, rice, indigo, wheat
State motto: Excelsior
Founded by: Peter Stuyvesant
Religious Aspirations & Reasons for finding: It was founded by the Dutch for trade and furs and became an English Colony in 1664.
Purpose: Trade and profit
Note: Set up as Dutch colony, taken over by English in 1664
Economy:
Colonists made their living in a variety of ways: fur, lumber trading, shipping, the slave
trade, and as merchants and tradesmen in the colony's towns. Most colonists were
farmers, who cleared large acres of land by hand to grow crops. Corn was the
most popular, since it could be eaten by people and animals. Also grown was flax,
wheat, vegetables, and tobacco. Some colonists mined for iron to send to England
for manufacturing into finished goods. When you come to New York there are many jobs. Some jobs are printers,
clockmakers, barbers, tanners, milliners, dyers, menders, or you could be in the
shipping business. If you are interested in farming, there is squash, beans,
corn, melons, grapes, apples, peaches, flax, rye, wheat, and tobacco. We also
have ships, timber, iron, livestock, and fur. If you’re still not interested
there is also venison, goose, wild turkey, mutton, raccoon, fish, and
oysters.
Climate:
New York had hot, humid summers, and bitterly cold windy winters with much snow.
The terrain was swampy near the coast and the Hudson River. Further north where
mountains covered with forests. The ground was rocky and the soil was good for
farming.
Geography:
New York is located along the Atlantic Ocean in the Middle Colonies. New York has
mountains, plains, and rolling hills. There is a river that runs through New
York called the Hudson River. There are some Native American groups called the
Lenape, Wappinger, Munsee, Mohican, and Montauk that live here. New York also
borders Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.
Before the English and other countries were there, the native Indians lived
there first before Christopher Columbus had come over to America because he
believed he was going to Asia the ground of new York was rocky but the soil
around there was good once there was no rocks or trees around the soil. of
course there was war with the Indians over land because the Indians wanted land
to grow crops and mostly, the English were growing crops there like potatoes,
tobacco, and corn. the English got this land because the owner of the land
didn't want to fight because he didn't want his people to get hurt unlike the
owner before him.
Government:
New York has a governor and an elected assembly. The Charter of Liberties gives free
rights to all Dutch and English settlers. New York also has religious freedom.
The colony was run by a governor appointed by the king of England. He made all
the laws, and there was little self-government. Sometimes the colonist were able
to gain more freedom, (the right to elect the mayor of New York City, the chance
to set up an assembly), but these freedoms did not last long. New York adopted
its first state constitution in 1777. It has been rewritten several times. The
capital was variously located at Kingston, White Plains, Poughkeepsie, and New
York City before Albany was selected as the permanent site in 1797.
Religion:
New York was situated between the Puritan colonies of New England and the catholic
colony of Maryland, so the settlers were of many faiths. They had considerable
religious freedom. Although minorities were numerous, it can be said that
Protestantism was the main religion in colonial New York. This was because both
the Dutch and the English were Protestant, and wanted their colonies to be
Protestant too. Religion in New York during colonial times was often segregated
and individualistic, however the fact that economic gain was the motivating
factor of the colony's existence, many different religious groups inherited its
promise.
Summary:
*New Netherland becomes New York
*Peter Stuyvesant was the leader, he surrenders the colony to England and the king gives it to his brother who renamed it New York
(Brother: Duke of York)
*Religious freedom; trading center
*Property colony Key: England wants to profit from the colony
Peter Stuyvesant:
Peter Stuyvesant
(Political figure)
Peter Stuyvesant, served as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664,
after which it was renamed New York.
Born: 1612, Peperga, Netherlands
Died: August 1672, New York City, NY
Education: University of Franeker
Facts:
Fact 1- Stuyvesant had served in the West Indies as governor of one of the islands, and for his good services there was appointed, in 1647, by the Dutch West India Company as the governor of their colony of New Amsterdam.
Fact 2- He had lost a leg in the service of the company in the West Indies, but his wooden leg has done more to preserve his fame in history than any other one thing. According to tradition, when the assembly of New Amsterdam went contrary to his wishes, he would stamp his wooden leg and roar at
them
Fact 3- (Cause)
Stuyvesant brought to his work a determination to be "as a father over his children," and he immediately set about trying to reform abuses with a commendable enthusiasm. His despotic character and his blunt manners, coupled with his efforts at reform, soon won him many enemies. He tried to regulate the sale of liquor, and forbade its being sold to the Indians at any time, but his orders were disregarded. He attempted to regulate the fur trade so as to give the inhabitants of New Amsterdam a monopoly of it, but smuggling became prevalent. His severity in punishing those who would not conform to the Dutch Reformed church, and his refusal to allow the people a share in the government, increased the hatred which most of the settlers felt toward
him.
(Effect)
war arose between England and Holland and English warships appeared in New York harbor in 1664, although the city was defended by a stone fort and 20 cannon, the people refused to resist the invaders. So Stuyvesant was forced to surrender the town to the English, and New Amsterdam became New York.
(Conclusion/Result)
Stuyvesant returned to Holland, but when the Dutch West India Company blamed him for all of their misfortunes in the New World, he returned to America and spent the rest of his life on his farm, or "Bouwerie," as it was called in Dutch.
Fact 4- Peters Stuyvesant, is an important figure in the history of New York City [earlier New Amsterdam], New York State and New Netherland. His name is still commonly used, especially in New York State, for street names, school names, building names, etc.
Fact 5- Surprisingly, his ancestors no longer bear his name. His last direct descendant, Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant Jr. died in 1953 at age 83 in New York
City. A nineteenth century Stuyvesant descendant, Rutherford Stuyvesant, changed his name to Stuyvesant Rutherford in 1863 to satisfy the terms of a will. The paucity of descendants bearing his name may have something to do with the fact that Peter Stuyvesant has been blamed for turning over New Amsterdam to the British in 1664.
Fact 6- the citizens of New Amsterdam refused to help defend the city against a fleet of British warships. As a result Stuyvesant was forced to hand the city of
New Amsterdam over to the British who promptly renamed it New York.
Biography of him:
http://www.youtube.co111++-m/watch?v=Md6Ltpj-j5c
Region: Middle colonies
When were they a colony:1664
Industry: shipbuilding, iron works, cattle, grain, rice, indigo, wheat
State motto: Excelsior
Founded by: Peter Stuyvesant
Religious Aspirations & Reasons for finding: It was founded by the Dutch for trade and furs and became an English Colony in 1664.
Purpose: Trade and profit
Note: Set up as Dutch colony, taken over by English in 1664
Economy:
Colonists made their living in a variety of ways: fur, lumber trading, shipping, the slave
trade, and as merchants and tradesmen in the colony's towns. Most colonists were
farmers, who cleared large acres of land by hand to grow crops. Corn was the
most popular, since it could be eaten by people and animals. Also grown was flax,
wheat, vegetables, and tobacco. Some colonists mined for iron to send to England
for manufacturing into finished goods. When you come to New York there are many jobs. Some jobs are printers,
clockmakers, barbers, tanners, milliners, dyers, menders, or you could be in the
shipping business. If you are interested in farming, there is squash, beans,
corn, melons, grapes, apples, peaches, flax, rye, wheat, and tobacco. We also
have ships, timber, iron, livestock, and fur. If you’re still not interested
there is also venison, goose, wild turkey, mutton, raccoon, fish, and
oysters.
Climate:
New York had hot, humid summers, and bitterly cold windy winters with much snow.
The terrain was swampy near the coast and the Hudson River. Further north where
mountains covered with forests. The ground was rocky and the soil was good for
farming.
Geography:
New York is located along the Atlantic Ocean in the Middle Colonies. New York has
mountains, plains, and rolling hills. There is a river that runs through New
York called the Hudson River. There are some Native American groups called the
Lenape, Wappinger, Munsee, Mohican, and Montauk that live here. New York also
borders Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.
Before the English and other countries were there, the native Indians lived
there first before Christopher Columbus had come over to America because he
believed he was going to Asia the ground of new York was rocky but the soil
around there was good once there was no rocks or trees around the soil. of
course there was war with the Indians over land because the Indians wanted land
to grow crops and mostly, the English were growing crops there like potatoes,
tobacco, and corn. the English got this land because the owner of the land
didn't want to fight because he didn't want his people to get hurt unlike the
owner before him.
Government:
New York has a governor and an elected assembly. The Charter of Liberties gives free
rights to all Dutch and English settlers. New York also has religious freedom.
The colony was run by a governor appointed by the king of England. He made all
the laws, and there was little self-government. Sometimes the colonist were able
to gain more freedom, (the right to elect the mayor of New York City, the chance
to set up an assembly), but these freedoms did not last long. New York adopted
its first state constitution in 1777. It has been rewritten several times. The
capital was variously located at Kingston, White Plains, Poughkeepsie, and New
York City before Albany was selected as the permanent site in 1797.
Religion:
New York was situated between the Puritan colonies of New England and the catholic
colony of Maryland, so the settlers were of many faiths. They had considerable
religious freedom. Although minorities were numerous, it can be said that
Protestantism was the main religion in colonial New York. This was because both
the Dutch and the English were Protestant, and wanted their colonies to be
Protestant too. Religion in New York during colonial times was often segregated
and individualistic, however the fact that economic gain was the motivating
factor of the colony's existence, many different religious groups inherited its
promise.
Summary:
*New Netherland becomes New York
*Peter Stuyvesant was the leader, he surrenders the colony to England and the king gives it to his brother who renamed it New York
(Brother: Duke of York)
*Religious freedom; trading center
*Property colony Key: England wants to profit from the colony
Peter Stuyvesant:
Peter Stuyvesant
(Political figure)
Peter Stuyvesant, served as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664,
after which it was renamed New York.
Born: 1612, Peperga, Netherlands
Died: August 1672, New York City, NY
Education: University of Franeker
Facts:
Fact 1- Stuyvesant had served in the West Indies as governor of one of the islands, and for his good services there was appointed, in 1647, by the Dutch West India Company as the governor of their colony of New Amsterdam.
Fact 2- He had lost a leg in the service of the company in the West Indies, but his wooden leg has done more to preserve his fame in history than any other one thing. According to tradition, when the assembly of New Amsterdam went contrary to his wishes, he would stamp his wooden leg and roar at
them
Fact 3- (Cause)
Stuyvesant brought to his work a determination to be "as a father over his children," and he immediately set about trying to reform abuses with a commendable enthusiasm. His despotic character and his blunt manners, coupled with his efforts at reform, soon won him many enemies. He tried to regulate the sale of liquor, and forbade its being sold to the Indians at any time, but his orders were disregarded. He attempted to regulate the fur trade so as to give the inhabitants of New Amsterdam a monopoly of it, but smuggling became prevalent. His severity in punishing those who would not conform to the Dutch Reformed church, and his refusal to allow the people a share in the government, increased the hatred which most of the settlers felt toward
him.
(Effect)
war arose between England and Holland and English warships appeared in New York harbor in 1664, although the city was defended by a stone fort and 20 cannon, the people refused to resist the invaders. So Stuyvesant was forced to surrender the town to the English, and New Amsterdam became New York.
(Conclusion/Result)
Stuyvesant returned to Holland, but when the Dutch West India Company blamed him for all of their misfortunes in the New World, he returned to America and spent the rest of his life on his farm, or "Bouwerie," as it was called in Dutch.
Fact 4- Peters Stuyvesant, is an important figure in the history of New York City [earlier New Amsterdam], New York State and New Netherland. His name is still commonly used, especially in New York State, for street names, school names, building names, etc.
Fact 5- Surprisingly, his ancestors no longer bear his name. His last direct descendant, Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant Jr. died in 1953 at age 83 in New York
City. A nineteenth century Stuyvesant descendant, Rutherford Stuyvesant, changed his name to Stuyvesant Rutherford in 1863 to satisfy the terms of a will. The paucity of descendants bearing his name may have something to do with the fact that Peter Stuyvesant has been blamed for turning over New Amsterdam to the British in 1664.
Fact 6- the citizens of New Amsterdam refused to help defend the city against a fleet of British warships. As a result Stuyvesant was forced to hand the city of
New Amsterdam over to the British who promptly renamed it New York.
Biography of him:
http://www.youtube.co111++-m/watch?v=Md6Ltpj-j5c