Peter Minuit
Peter Minuit a man that had a huge part in helping bring America into the land we know today by being apart of the founding of the original thirteen colonies. Minuit’s birthdate is not exactly known but studies believe that it was somewhere between the years of 1580 and 1589. On the date of August the 20, 1613 Minuits life changed forever. He married the love his life Gertrude Raedts. The Raedts family was a very wealthy family, some believe that being apart of this family helped Minuit start his life as a broker. In the mid 1620’s Minuit joined the Dutch West Indian Company {DWI} where he was sent to the New Netherlands in 1625 to search for goods and things that had major trade value. He returned in the same year and was named the government general by the DWI. He was the general of the colony for 5 years and is best known for the purchase of manhattan for 25 dollars from the …show more content…
He did however introduce a new kind of democracy in which we use a form of today. He advised an advisor body a democracy in which the people elect 5 people to help the governor make the correct decisions and advise him. These 5 people also helped him make decisions, it changed the way the colony was governed because you ha more eyes looking at a decision and analyze it so the decision is made more clearly and seen through more than one set of eyes. In 1631 or 1632 Minuit was relieved of his duties as government general. No one knows the real reason for him to be kicked off of his reign other than some believe he made some bad choices business wise which got his roll taken from him. The man who replaced him was Walter van Twiller. He was thought to be the better governor at the time. For the reason they relived Minuit of his duties it leads me to believe that Twiller was a better business man and could deal with trade, money, and also time better than minuit. So, at the time he was a better
Peter Minuit a man that had a huge part in helping bring America into the land we know today by being apart of the founding of the original thirteen colonies. Minuit’s birthdate is not exactly known but studies believe that it was somewhere between the years of 1580 and 1589. On the date of August the 20, 1613 Minuits life changed forever. He married the love his life Gertrude Raedts. The Raedts family was a very wealthy family, some believe that being apart of this family helped Minuit start his life as a broker. In the mid 1620’s Minuit joined the Dutch West Indian Company {DWI} where he was sent to the New Netherlands in 1625 to search for goods and things that had major trade value. He returned in the same year and was named the government general by the DWI. He was the general of the colony for 5 years and is best known for the purchase of manhattan for 25 dollars from the …show more content…
He did however introduce a new kind of democracy in which we use a form of today. He advised an advisor body a democracy in which the people elect 5 people to help the governor make the correct decisions and advise him. These 5 people also helped him make decisions, it changed the way the colony was governed because you ha more eyes looking at a decision and analyze it so the decision is made more clearly and seen through more than one set of eyes. In 1631 or 1632 Minuit was relieved of his duties as government general. No one knows the real reason for him to be kicked off of his reign other than some believe he made some bad choices business wise which got his roll taken from him. The man who replaced him was Walter van Twiller. He was thought to be the better governor at the time. For the reason they relived Minuit of his duties it leads me to believe that Twiller was a better business man and could deal with trade, money, and also time better than minuit. So, at the time he was a better