William Elliot Griffis

William Elliot Griffis

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Portrait of William Elliot Griffis William Elliot Griffis The Story of New Netherland — Appendix (1909)

Indian wars.
1640. - New Netherland open to all. Free village communities.
1641. - First popular assembly. The Twelve Men.
1642. - Domine Megapolensis. Church formed.
1643. - Second popular assembly. The Eight Men.
1647-1664. - Peter Stuyvesant, Director-General.
1647. - Election of the Nine Men by the people.
1653. - Hebrews arrive at Manhattan.
1655. - Fall of New Sweden.
1661. - Wiltwijk, Schenectady, and settlements of free farmers.
1664. - English conquest. New York a feudal province.
1673. - Dutch recapture New Netherland.
1674. - Treaty of Westminster. Surinam given to the Dutch.
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