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The founder of New York
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| Dutch colonial governor. In
1643 he became director of the Dutch W. India Co.'s Caribbean
colonies, and in 1645 director general of all Dutch possessions
in N. America, incl. New Netherland and the Caribbean. He
arrived in New Amsterdam (later New York City) in 1647 and soon
faced conflict with the burghers' demands for self-government.
He established a municipal government but continued to control
it. He settled the boundary with Connecticut (1650), expelled
the Swedes from New Sweden on the Delaware River, and
incorporated the colony into Dutch territory (1655). Incursions
from the New England colonies and a squadron sent by Charles II
forced him to surrender New Netherland to the British (1664). |
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