Twitter Google Share on Facebook (redirected fromDutch Colonial architecture) Encyclopedia Dutch′ Colo′nial adj. of or designating the domestic architecture of Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey, often characterized by gambrel roofs with curved eaves. ...
yankeea disparaging name applied by Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam (New York) to English colonists in neighboring Connecticut. It may be from DutchJanke‘Little John’, diminutive ofJan‘John’. Difficulty Language Difficulty How difficult is it to learn Dutch?
1. (Languages) Also called: Pennsylvania German a dialect of German spoken in E Pennsylvania 2. (Peoples) the Pennsylvania Dutch (functioning as plural) a group of German-speaking people in E Pennsylvania, descended from 18th-century settlers from SW Germany and Switzerland Collins English Dictiona...
that was so instrumental in the decision of the first Dutch settlers in Michigan to leave their homeland, was no longer the state church, and in 2004 it actually merged with other Protestant denominations. But there was more…my father’s paternal grandparents had lived inNoord-Brabant, a prov...
Fur-trading expeditions up the Hudson River got going almost immediately after Hudson’s voyage, but the colony grew at a snail’s pace. The first major group of settlers did not arrive until 1624, when 30 French-speaking Protestant families from present-day Belgium came over, fleeing oppressio...
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The Jersey Settlers of Adams County MS I haven't posted in awhile, but there are several entries in my drafts folder, which I will finish editing.. Recently I went in search for information on Rev. Samuel Swayze, the brother of my 5th great grandfather, Israel Swayze. My search led me...
The story is told through letters, the majority of which were written by the settlers and published in Dutch-language newspapers; several are from private family collections. The letters are full of the wonder of settling in a new land, and picture the pioneer experience in great detail, from...
During colonial times, early Dutch settlers, many of whom were experienced in pewter and silver, immigrated to New England. The actual birth of the U.S. co... CM Cassidy 被引量: 0发表: 0年 The Consumptionof Native Americansin the EighteenthCentury: Lessonsfrom York Factory, HudsonBay had...
It notes that there is almost no mention of the Dutch influence in early 17th century America outside New York State history classes. A survey of 100 high school students answers that Spain, England, and France are the settlers of North America in 17th and 18th centuries. Moreover, the ...