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New Netherlands and Iroquois Treaties Amid Colonial Shifts
The excerpt traces Dutch New Netherland becoming New Albion under King James I, its reinstatement by the English during English Civil War era, and its eventual possession after 1667 under the Breda treaty and 1672 Westminster agreement. It notes the Iroquois Five Nations’ alliance with the English, their later deeds of sale, and broad colonial land acquisitions by Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia through 1744, detailing extensive territorial claims and settlements along the St Lawrence, Hudson Bay, Susquehanna, and Ohio basins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Jersies
Pensylvania
New Netherlands
London
James I
New Albion
England
Breda
North America
Surinam
Westminster
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Sorrel
Lake Sacrament
Lake Champlain
Iroquois River
St. Peter’s Bay
New England
Utawawas River
Hudson’s Bay Company
Milnois
Missisippi River
Georgia
Susquehanah
Endless Mountains
Kittochttany Hills
Ohio
Maryland
Virginia