Morning you all.
You found the thread on the cruise boards.
I thought maybe we can get some more folks into this big great event!!!!!
Becx, what did we do this day in 1674????
Ummm, well I wasn't there in 1674
from Wikipedia - New Netherland, or Nieuw-Nederland in Dutch, was the seventeenth-century colonial province of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands on the East Coast of North America. The claimed territories were the lands from the Delmarva Peninsula to extreme southwestern Cape Cod. The settled areas are now part of the Mid-Atlantic States of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut, with small outposts in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Its capital, New Amsterdam, was located at the southern tip of the island of Manhattan on Upper New York Bay.
Initially a private venture to exploit the North American fur trade, New Netherland was slowly settled during the first decades of its existence, in part due to conflicts with Native Americans and mismanagement by the Dutch West India Company (WIC). The colony of New Sweden developed on its southern flank and its northern border was re-drawn in recognition of early New England settlements. During the 1650s it experienced exponential growth and became a major port for trade in the North Atlantic. The surrender of Fort Amsterdam to the British control in 1664 was formalized in 1667, and was one of the reasons for the Second AngloDutch War. In 1673 the Dutch re-took the area and later relinquished it with 1674 Treaty of Westminster.
The inhabitants of New Netherland were Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans. Descendants of the original settlers played a prominent role in colonial America. New Netherland Dutch culture characterized the region (today's Capital District, Hudson Valley, western Long Island, northeastern New Jersey and the five boroughs of New York City) for two centuries. The concepts of civil liberties and pluralism introduced in the province became a mainstay of American political and social life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Netherlands 
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