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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware Rivers. The first settlement was made at Fort Orange (now Albany, New York) in 1624, although the colony centered on New Amsterdam at the tip of Manhattan Island after 1625–1626. New Netherland was annexed by the English and renamed New York in 1664.
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- noun a Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware rivers although the colony centered in New Amsterdam; annexed by the English in 1664
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Examples
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The explorers were granted a charter in the same year, giving them a three years 'monopoly of the trade, and in this charter the title New Netherland is bestowed upon the region.
The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Julian Hawthorne 1890
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He is far better on his description of what he calls New Netherland—basically, metropolitan New York City, dominated by commerce, tolerant of religious diversity and personal immorality, loyal to Britain during the Revolution and sympathetic to the South during the Civil War, welcoming to immigrants a century ago and again now.
Life May Differ In Your Region Michael Barone 2011
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It was in this way that the name New Netherland first appeared.
The Story of Manhattan Charles Hemstreet
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The English conquest of New Netherland from the Dutch speedily followed the Stuarts 'return to the throne.
History of the United States, Volume 1 (of 6) Elisha Benjamin Andrews 1880
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There was a strong party in favor of war as the only means of wresting the magnificent domain of New Netherland from the Dutch and annexing it to the New England possessions.
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam 1841
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The New England colonies wished to avail themselves of the opportunity to wrest New Netherland from the Dutch, and to extend their sway from Stamford to the Chesapeake.
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam 1841
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The territory called New Netherland was the country along the Atlantic
The Story of Manhattan Charles Hemstreet
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As the West Indies included every country that could be reached by sailing west from Holland, you will see that all the Dutch land in America, which land was called New Netherland, came under the control of this new company.
The Story of Manhattan Charles Hemstreet
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The province was called New Netherland, and embraced the territory within the 40th and 45th degrees of north latitude.
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam 1841
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In 1664, England's King Charles II granted an area of land in present-day North America known as New Netherland to his brother James, the Duke of York.
Fore, right! None The Associated Press 2010
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