Flushing, Queens - History

History

New Netherland series
Exploration
Fortifications:
  • Fort Amsterdam
  • Fort Nassau (North)
  • Fort Orange
  • Fort Nassau (South)
  • Fort Goede Hoop
  • De Wal
  • Fort Casimir
  • Fort Altena
  • Fort Wilhelmus
  • Fort Beversreede
  • Fort Nya Korsholm
  • De Rondout
Settlements:
  • Noten Eylandt
  • New Amsterdam
  • Rensselaerswyck
  • New Haarlem
  • Noortwyck
  • Beverwijck
  • Wiltwyck
  • Bergen
  • Pavonia
  • Vriessendael
  • Achter Col
  • Vlissingen
  • Oude Dorpe
  • Colen Donck
  • Greenwich
  • Heemstede
  • Rustdorp
  • Gravesende
  • Breuckelen
  • New Amersfoort
  • Midwout
  • New Utrecht
  • Boswyck
  • Swaanendael
  • New Amstel
  • Nieuw Dorp
The Patroon System
Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions
Directors of New Netherland:
  • Cornelius Jacobsen May (1620–25)
  • Willem Verhulst (1625–26)
  • Peter Minuit (1626–32)
  • Sebastiaen Jansen Krol (1632–33)
  • Wouter van Twiller (1633–38)
  • Willem Kieft (1638–47)
  • Peter Stuyvesant (1647–64)
People of New Netherland
  • New Netherlander
  • Twelve Men
  • Eight Men
Flushing Remonstrance

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