The New Holland of Dutch Revolution

(Dutch: Nieuw-Nederland), 16 14 to 1674, the colonies established by the Netherlands in eastern North America, roughly including parts of New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware in the United States today.

1609, Henry Hudson led a fleet to inspect the North American coast between 38 and 45 degrees north latitude for the first time, and then Dutch explorers drew a map of this area. Based on this, in 16 14, he claimed to occupy this area and named it New Holland. According to the requirements of international law, the Dutch government immigrated 30 families to this area in 1624, and effectively occupied this area. The following year, the Netherlands built the new Amsterdam Castle on Manhattan Island, which marked the beginning of the construction of new york.

1634, England declared its occupation of Cape Cod and allocated it to New England. 1638, British immigrants built New Haven City, which formed a forward trend in New Amsterdam and Long Island occupied by the Netherlands. 1650, the Netherlands was forced to cede the Connecticut River to England. 1664 On August 27th, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, New Amsterdam surrendered to four British warships without fighting, marking the complete occupation of New Holland by Britain.

1673, during the third anglo-Dutch war, the Netherlands once regained the new Netherlands, but the following year, the Netherlands, which was attacked by archbishops of France, England and Cologne, could not continue to support the war and was forced to make peace with England and formally ceded the new Netherlands to England.