New-Netherland A trading colony in the New World Lesson book – For the Hudson Year HAVO/VWO 3 and 4 ~ 1 ~ Netherlands Atlantic Association Bezuidenhoutseweg 237-239 2594 AM The Hague
[email protected] www.atlantischecommissie.nl ISBN 978-90-73329-19-5 First edition 2009 Editors The text was written under the auspices of the Education Committee of the Netherlands Atlantic Association by Jan-Jouke Mulder and Wietske Stans (interns at the Netherlands Atlantic Association, September – December 2008) with revisions by Berdien Wiegant and Matthijs van Duijn (interns at the Netherlands Atlantic Association, January – April 2009). Hans Krabbendam provided guidance in terms of content. Maaike Dingemans-Derix was responsible for the fi nal editing. Translation: Nora Delaney and Kate Delaney. Cover: New Netherland: Peter Stuyvesant and a Native American (photo: Panoramio). Design and printing: Thieme MediaCenter Nijmegen. The publication of this lesson booklet has been made possible by a generous grant from the US Embassy in The Hague. © 2009 Netherlands Atlantic Association. All rights reserved. No material from this publication may be copied, saved in a computerized database, or made public in any form or manner, whether electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or any other manner, without prior written permis- sion from the Netherlands Atlantic Association. Publisher’s note: we have made all possible efforts to determine copyright owners. If persons or bodies intend to make claim to specifi c rights, please contact the publisher. ~ 2 ~ Preface Back in the days when everyone still smoked, I used to fetch packs of Peter Stuyvesant cigarettes for my mother; the pack is still an icon from the image archive of my youth.