I. The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism
In 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral. Luther had several explosive ideas including…
The Bible alone was the source of God’s word (not the Bible and the Church or pope).
People are saved simply by faith in Christ alone (not by faith and good works).
His actions ignited the Protestant Reformation.
John Calvin preached Calvinism which stressed “predestination” (those going to Heaven or hell has already been determined by God).
Basic doctrines were stated in the 1536 document entitled Institutes of the Christian Religion.
Stated that all humans were weak and wicked.
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The Dutch gave patroonships (large areas of land) to promoters who agreed to settle at least 50 people on them.
New Amsterdam attracted people of all types and races.
One French Jesuit missionary counted 18 different languages being spoken on the street.
XII. Friction with English and Swedish Neighbors
Indians attacked the Dutch for their cruelties.
New England was hostile against Dutch growth.
The Swedes trespassed Dutch reserves from 1638-1655 by planting the anemic colony of New Sweden on the Delaware River.
Things got so bad that the Dutch erected a wall in New Amsterdam, for which Wall Street is named today.
In 1655, the Dutch sent one-legged Peter Stuyvesant to besiege the main Swedish fort, and he won, ending Swedish colonial rule and leaving only Swedish log cabins and place names as evidence that the Swedes were ever in Delaware.
XIII. Dutch Residues in New York
In 1664, Charles II granted the area of modern-day New York to his brother, the Duke of York, and that year, British troops landed and defeated the Dutch, kicking them out, without much violence.
New Amsterdam was renamed New York.
The Dutch