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Influence of the New Amsterdam and the Dutch on the United States
In the study of history, there is the realization that many things happened between the years 1620 and 1870. These happenings include the influence of New Amsterdam and the Dutch on the United States. This aspect refers to the settlement of the Dutch in the southern tip of the Manhattan Island in the seventeenth century. The settlement served as the center of the colonial government in the New Netherlands; hence, it was a strategic settlement. The purpose of the settlement was to protect the Dutch West India Company in the North River which was engaged in the fur trade. The Dutch settlement became a provincial expansion of the Dutch Republic in 1624. In 1625 it became the designate capital of the province.
One of the influences of the new Dutch settlement was the changing of the name Amsterdam to New York in the year 1664. The change of the name was in honor of the Duke f York. The second Anglo- Dutch War came to happen between the years 1665 to 1667. Upon the end of the war, there was the agreement of England and the United provinces of Netherlands in the treaty of Brenda which got signing in the year 1667. The treaty brought about many changes which had not been in anticipation in the preceding years. Following the agreement, English kept the Manhattan Island while the Dutch would give up the claim to the town and the rest of the colony, (Antczak, Magdalena & Konrad, 203).

In return, the England would have formal abandonment of the island of Run. The Dutch was enthusiastic over the agreement because it offered them the opportunity to control the valuable Spice Islands which would be very much beneficial.
Flash back
The influence of the Dutch to the Amsterdam goes back to 1620 when there was the first setting of foot in the land by the Dutch, (Pegels, 1). In that year, the Dutch pilgrims made attempts of sailing from England to the Hudson River. Nevertheless, Mayflower only managed to reach Cape Cod in November 1920. Cape Cod is now part of Manhattan. The arrival came after a sixty four days voyage, which was not as long as it may appear today. During the time, voyages could go for as long as hundreds of days, and it was not a big deal. However, in consideration of the proximity, the distance should have taken a much short time.
Various reasons contributed to the taking of the long time in the voyage. Among the reasons, shortage of supplies was the top concern. Although there had been all preparedness, it is worth noting that; at the time, there were no shopping centers close to each other as today or as they came to be along the route. Upon getting engulfing of the shortage of supply, there had to be a diversion of the voyage towards the area where there could be relinquished of the supplies even if it meant deviating for many miles. Such engagements were not an element of the Dutch voyage at the time. Every other voyage of the seventeenth century and many other centuries before and after that involved delayed occasioned by, among other things, the shortage of supplies as well as weather turbulence.
The journey misfortunes, therefore, among them, the shortage of suppliers, made it impossible for Mayflower to reach Hudson River; hence, the settlement at the Cape Cod. On the successive attempt, there was arrival at the Hudson River. After considerations of varied factors, there was a selection of the mouth of the Hudson River for the settlement. The choice followed the view that; the place provided an easy access to the ocean while at the same time providing an ice-free line to the beaver trading post. The beaver trading post was a place near the present-day Albany. Upon the settlement, there was an air of discomfort among the Dutch.
Fear of attacks
There was a constant feeling that there was exposure to attack from other people, hence the need for protection of the territory, (Midtrød, 97). It is intriguing to note that; the fear of the attack was not directed towards the natives, rather there was much fear of the attack from other settlers, and more so, other European colonials. The directors of the Dutch West Indian Company set out to provide protection to the entrance of the mouth of the Hudson River. The effort of ensuring protection from other European colonialists proved to be expensive.
The most engaging part of the protection efforts was the transferring of some of the settlers for decongestion purposes. There was concealing of the colonial spirit by the engagement in the fur trade. By the end of the year 1625, there had been skating of the place. The skating was direct on the south of the Bowling Green, which is the present-day United state’s custom house. There was the outbreak of the Mohawk-Mahican war in the Hudson valley. The war prompted the Dutch to make more relocations of the settlers than they had done before. It is these precedents that set out the Dutch influence to the Manhattan in the United States.
Works Cited
Antczak, Andrzej, Ma. Magdalena Antczak, and Konrad A. Antczak. “Risky Business: Historical Archaeology Of The Dutch Salt Enterprise On La Tortuga Island, Venezuela (1624–38).” Post-Medieval Archaeology 49.2 (2015): 189-219. Academic Search Premier. Web. 1 Dec. 2016.
Midtrød, Tom Arne. “Strange And Disturbing News: Rumor And Diplomacy In The Colonial Hudson Valley.” Ethnohistory 58.1 (2011): 91-112. Academic Search Premier. Web. 1 Dec. 2016.
Pegels, C. Carl. Prominent Dutch American Entrepreneurs : Their Contributions To American Society, Culture, And Economy. Charlotte, N.C.: Information Age Publishing, 2011. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 1 Dec. 2016.