Dutch West India Company Case Study
The notes focus mainly on the Dutch West India Company, since they were the most efficient in the pre 1700's. The Spanish Empire in the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the English in the Carolina and Virginia colonies aren't included since the info is in the lecture notes, powerpoints, and the book. I hope this was helpful, it was difficult to obtain info so there are a few websites and sources from books. Sorry I sent it so late I got caught up .
Compare and contrast the pre 1700 labor systems utilized by the Dutch West India Company in New Netherlands, the Spanish Empire in the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the English in the Carolina and Virginia colonies. Which system was the most efficient and why?
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In 1614 a post called Fort Nassau was built near the site of Albany; in 1615 a Manhattan Island post was established, and some years later on the east bank of the Delaware, near Philadelphia, a second Fort Nassau was founded.
1621-1624
The Dutch West India Company
In 1615 the States-General of Holland granted a trading charter for three years to the New Netherland Company, who quickly established extensive trading interest in the Hudson River region. This company was succeeded in 1621 by the Dutch West India Company, whose charter contemplated the "peopling of those fruitful and unsettled parts," as well as the political and commercial government of the region.
In 1624 settlement was seriously undertaken and thirty families of Walloons were sent to America, some settling at Albany, thereafter known as Fort Orange; some at Fort Nassau, on the Delaware; some at Hartford, and the rest on Long and Manhattan islands.
(The Walloons were a people of Celtic origin, but had mixed with the Romans after Caesar's conquest of Gaul. In the sixteenth century they inhabited southern Belgium and were a slow, methodical and industrious people.)
1623
The Coming of the Dutch in Delaware and New
Compare and contrast the pre 1700 labor systems utilized by the Dutch West India Company in New Netherlands, the Spanish Empire in the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the English in the Carolina and Virginia colonies. Which system was the most efficient and why?
The most efficient labor system …show more content…
In 1614 a post called Fort Nassau was built near the site of Albany; in 1615 a Manhattan Island post was established, and some years later on the east bank of the Delaware, near Philadelphia, a second Fort Nassau was founded.
1621-1624
The Dutch West India Company
In 1615 the States-General of Holland granted a trading charter for three years to the New Netherland Company, who quickly established extensive trading interest in the Hudson River region. This company was succeeded in 1621 by the Dutch West India Company, whose charter contemplated the "peopling of those fruitful and unsettled parts," as well as the political and commercial government of the region.
In 1624 settlement was seriously undertaken and thirty families of Walloons were sent to America, some settling at Albany, thereafter known as Fort Orange; some at Fort Nassau, on the Delaware; some at Hartford, and the rest on Long and Manhattan islands.
(The Walloons were a people of Celtic origin, but had mixed with the Romans after Caesar's conquest of Gaul. In the sixteenth century they inhabited southern Belgium and were a slow, methodical and industrious people.)
1623
The Coming of the Dutch in Delaware and New