New Netherland

connections they make in life. Whether be it in high school or college, many connections are made on a day to day basis. People look at a family whether they are poor or rich, and you can always see that family connection. The world thrives off of day to day connections. Connections that either drive the local business to even the large corporate company who trades and connects with the rest of the world. New Netherland was a town on the vanguard for people using connections to build companies as well as the small seedy underbelly of economic growth in our country. Women were enlarge an important part of the way that connections were used and built. In Amsterdam women were able to run their own business, and able to control the estate of a close family member, distant family member, or a close and trusted collogue. Not all women of the day were as lucky as to have wealth or a title to propel them to the forefront of the business aspect of life, a lot women were poor, or what business they did own would generally be a tavern or brothel. According to “A New Netherland Connection” women would also work in taverns or brothels just to make ends meet. Taverns and brothels may not have been sought after as an ideal place of employment, but most were left with no choice in most…

Author Morton Wagman attempts to explore corporate slavery that very much existed in New Netherland during the seventeenth century throughout his article titled “Corporate Slavery in New Netherland”. He takes his audience on a journey that is detailed with the beginning, middle and eventual conclusion of the crop of slaves owned by the Dutch West India Company. Initially, Wagman dives into the historical significance of the purchase, explaining that this particular group of slaves in New…

resisted and this caused tension between them (“Religion Virginia”). William Penn, a Quaker, received a charter from King Charles II, giving him an extensive amount of land, called Pennsylvania or “Penn’s woods” (Brands, 53). The Quakers came to America in 1681 (Brands, 56). They believed that anyones interpretation of the Scripture was just as good as anyone else 's. The other colonists did not like the Quakers, because of their outspoken ways. This caused many of the Quakers to be persecuted…

themselves, so provided slave labor at generous prices to the English and French sugar plantation owners (127 in outline). Even those countries whose economies weren’t as heavily based on slavery required captive drudges for their labor intensive crops. Sugar was a huge source of wealth, especially to the British, who imported £586,528 worth of sugar into London in 1686 alone (124 in outline). The fur trade was also of significance, especially to the French and Dutch (64 in outline, 147 in…

founded New France. French explorer Samuel de Champlain, who explored the St. Lawrence River, founded a fur-trading post in 1608 in Quebec, a major city in present-day eastern Canada. This post was the first permanent French settlement in Canada. Thanks to Champlain, a rich fur trade began with local Native Americans. Fifty years after New France (as the colony came to be called) was founded, it began to flourish. It was said to be very different from British colonies. This is because of it was…

History 1376- Paper Assignment #1 Dear mom and dad it’s me Wounmee, I know it has been a while, but I just wanted to write to you about how my time here in New England. I moved here because I didn’t like the Protestant church is back home. When I was in England I heard about a group of people who called themselves the Puritans. They were a group who also believed that the Protestant Church was not complete and was corrupt just like the Catholics. The Puritans wanted to clean up the church…

With the arrival of many Europeans onto Indian soil in the new world. The Indians learned to adapt to changes in their culture, and their way of life changed. Trading networks were established between the two groups which was beneficial for both parties. With the arrival of the Europeans, the indigenous land of the Indians was invaded, for example the Indians were separated into several main groups which comprised of the eastern woodlands, the great plains, and western tribes. After the…

The Monarchy of the Netherlands The monarchy of the Netherlands is a very young monarchy. It’s a constitutional monarchy and has been since it’s independence. The Netherlands has been ruled by the House of Orange-Nassau since then. The kingdom has evolved well due to the success of the monarchy. The monarchy itself is very effective due to the governmental system it works off of. So far the country has been mostly a neutral country, by not getting involved in world affairs. However, that…

The Schlieffen Plan was only used by the Germans. This plan was set out to have a war with France and Russia, but in 1905 it was all revised. The Schlieffen Plan was by Alfred Von Schlieffen who was the Chief of the Imperial, and also German Chief of Staff. The idea was to find a new war plan that would be understanding of the new factors that happened since the Franco-Prussian in 1870 and 1871. These factors included the Diplomatic Isolation. The Diplomatic Isolation left Austria-Hungary as the…

This led to an amendment of the Opium Act that legislated the difference between soft and hard drugs (Sarkany). This distinction is very important for the Netherlands because it allows the government to focus on the hard drugs that are affecting it’s citizens and helping people with addictions to those drugs. There is one controversial practice in the Netherlands today and that is the coffee houses that have special permission to sell a limited amount of soft drugs, as long as they abide by the…