Dutch Manhattan - New York | 6

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In the years after Adrian Van der Donck won a municipal charter for New Amsterdam, and under Peter Stuyvesant's stern but capable rule, the city flourished. Even English residents of New England and Virginia sent their goods to Europe via the future New York Harbor, because the Dutch were so good at the business of shipping. Dutch features that would become part of American culture — from cookies and cole slaw to Santa Claus — became ingrained. Most importantly, the Dutch notions of tolerance, which fostered a multi-ethnic society, and free trade, became rooted in Manhattan.

But in London, King Charles II and his brother, James, the Duke of York, were eager to build an empire. Their plan involved taking over slaving posts in West Africa, reorganizing their American colonies, and taking the Dutch colony, with its strategically located capital. And soon, they would send a squadron of warships to Manhattan.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
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0:09.6	Imagine a December, 1653, and your resident of New Amsterdam, a little Dutch city, purchased
0:24.3	at the foot of Manhattan Island.
0:26.6	The air feels brisk, the water out in the harbours, rough and choppy, and here in town the
0:31.4	streets are bustling.
0:33.0	Tomorrow is the feast of St. Nicholas, and everyone is preparing.
0:37.1	On the street you see a friend and stop to chat.
0:39.6	The manual.
0:40.6	Hello, already for the holiday?
0:43.0	Getting there, I've just been to the baker.
0:45.4	Got a big box of cookies, and at home we've got a coleslaw prepared in a gigantic ham.
0:50.8	Cinter clause is coming to town.
0:52.4	When your children must be excited, I know mine are.
0:56.0	Happy holiday.
0:57.8	You continue down the road, juggling your packages.
1:00.6	Just then a man emerges from the city tavern.
1:03.1	He's a crier, and he starts shouting the latest news.
1:06.3	All here, there's rumor that the war between the English and Dutch nations currently raging
1:11.4	abroad will come to America.
1:13.9	All inhabitants are to be on the alert for surprise attack from England on these shores.
1:19.2	Crowdgathers around the crier.
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