NOUN
- a Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware rivers although the colony centered in New Amsterdam; annexed by the English in 1664
How To Use New Netherland In A Sentence
- The Dutch colony of New Netherland consisted of parts of modern New York and New Jersey.
- But at the moment when no precaution should have been relaxed, a despatch from the West India directors, who appear to have been misled by advices from London, announced that no danger need be apprehended from the English expedition, as it was sent out by the King only to settle the affairs of his colonies and establish episcopacy, which would rather benefit the company's interests in New Netherlands. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12
- The Dutch colony of New Netherland consisted of parts of modern New York and New Jersey.
- But the title touches too on his westward landfall, centuries after the first of his countrymen, in the city that was once New Amsterdam, in the Dutch province of New Netherland. Powell's Books: Overview
- Finally he issued an edict, prohibiting the smoking of tobacco throughout the New Netherlands.
- The biggest difference was that New Netherland and its port town were together principally a trading colony, buying beaver and other fur skins from the Indians to sell at a profit in Europe.
- But at the moment when no precaution should have been relaxed, a dispatch from the West India directors, who appear to have been misled by advices from London, announced that no danger need be apprehended from the English expedition, as it was sent out by the King only to settle the affairs of his colonies and establish episcopacy, which would rather benefit the company's interests in New Netherlands. Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733
- Unlike the Dutch merchants, who eagerly came to New Netherland in the 1600s seeking good fortune and a better life, African slaves were imported against their will.
- Four hundred years ago, Henry Hudson explored the river named after him, and laid the groundwork for the Dutch colony of New Netherland.
- Four hundred years ago, Henry Hudson explored the river named after him, and laid the groundwork for the Dutch colony of New Netherland.