New York n 1.(Placename) Also called:New York Citya city in SE New York State, at the mouth of the Hudson River: the largest city and chief port of the US; settled by the Dutch as New Amsterdam in 1624 and captured by the British in 1664, when it was named New York; consists ...
After being captured by the British, the Dutch residents of the New York Colony were given generous terms of surrender. Property rights remained to those who decided to stay in the colony, although the settlement was mostly confined to the Hudson Valley, Long Island, and the eastern parts of...
The settlement was promptly renamed "New York" after the Duke of York (the future King James II and VII).[62] The duke gave part of the colony to proprietors George Carteret and John Berkeley.[63]【参考译文】1667年,在第二次英荷战争后的《布雷达条约》谈判期间,获胜的荷兰人决定保留他们从...
The colony of New Netherland : a Dutch settlement in seventeenth-century America, Jaap Jacobs. 0801475163 (pbk. : alk. paper), Toronto Public Librarydoi:10.1163/187707011X609210GelfandNoah L.Journal of Early American History
Why is the lost colony of Roanoke important? Why did the colonists fight the British? Why was New York founded? Why did Boston become the center of the colonial resistance? Why did the Virginia Company establish settlements in North America?
About the same time that Kieft began his administration, a colony of Swedes, under ex-Governor Minuits, had arrived, and formed a settlement on Christiana Creek, near Wilmington, in the present State of Delaware. To this movement Kieft opposed; but the Swedes gradually extended their settlem...
colony 殖民(过程) the gradual settlement of the American West 向美国西部逐渐伸展的殖民过程. (b) [C] place where colonists have settled 殖民地 Dutch and English settlements in North America 荷兰人和英国人在北美的殖民地 penal settlements in Australia 澳大利亚流放地. 4 (idm 习语) in settlement ...
An uneasy peace settled on the colony in 1870. Casualties had not been high, but the loss of life was serious for the tribes concerned. Especially in those areas in which the Māori king retained some authority, defeat led to a period of withdrawal from settler society. Resentment was deepen...
In 1664, the Dutch lost control of New Jersey, which was part of the New Netherlands colony at the time, to the English. The British split the colony and gave control to two proprietors: Control of the east went to Sir George Carteret and control of the west to Lord John Berkley. Car...
United States - New England, Colonies, Puritans: Although lacking a charter, the founders of Plymouth in Massachusetts were, like their counterparts in Virginia, dependent upon private investments from profit-minded backers to finance their colony. The n