The Dutch Colonize New Netherland

<p>In this episode, we outline the first twenty years of interest (up to 1630) and colonize by the Dutch in modern day New York and New Jersey. &nbsp;While few primary sources exist, we've managed to find enough writings to tell the story. &nbsp;The Dutch join the English and the Spanish (American southwest) as living in America. &nbsp;Read more about the First Fort Nassau: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Nassau_(North_River) Read the Grant of Exclusive Trade of 1614: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/charter_011.asp Read more about the Two Row Wampum Treaty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Row_Wampum_Treaty#The_treaty Read the Charter of the Dutch West India Company: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/westind.asp More on Cornelius Jacobsen Mey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Jacobsen_May More on Fort Orange: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Orange_(New_Netherland) More on Willem Verhulst: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Verhulst More on Peter Minuit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Minuit Read the Notification of Purchase of Manhattan: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/charter_015.asp Read the Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions: https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/dutch-new-netherland/sources/1345 New Netherland seal: By Original artist Unknown authorPhotograph by MattWade; Vectorization: ZooFari - Vectorized version of File:New Netherlands Seal Photo.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7434072 Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Fort Painting courtesy of: https://www.albany.edu/museum/wwwmuseum/tantillo/trading.html</p>