Governors Island – Freeport History Timeline ../../../index.html A research project focused on the combination of different open source technologies as a way to preserve and present historical data Sun, 09 Mar 2014 20:13:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.8 The Dutch West India Company relocate colonists to Manhattan ../../../the-dutch-west-india-company-relocate-colonists-to-manhattan/ ../../../the-dutch-west-india-company-relocate-colonists-to-manhattan/#respond Sun, 09 Feb 2014 19:06:01 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=2255 Considering a threat of attack  from other European colony powers, directors of the West India Company formulate a plan to protect the entrance to the North River (Hudson River). They move settlers from Nut Island (Governors Island)  to southern Manhattan where a citadel is laid out to and construction begins on Fort Amsterdam (present site of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House). More settlers are relocated to the same area from Hudson Valley because of the Mohawk – Mahican War.

The fort is designated the capital of the New Netherland province during this same year

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Amsterdam

https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/digital-exhibitions/a-tour-of-new-netherland/manhattan/fort-amsterdam/

 

 

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