The Directorship of Pieter Stuyvesant

The Dutch Period
The Directorship of Pieter Stuyvesant
1647
Petrus Stuyvesant became the director general of New Netherland, Curaçao, and other Dutch colonies in the Caribbean.
1648
The Peace of Westphalia ends the Eighty Years’ War with Spain and the Netherlands become independent.
1650
The Hartford Treaty settles a dispute between New Netherland and New England over boundaries in Connecticut.
1652
First Anglo-Dutch War begins and lasts until 1654.
1653
Defensive wall was built across Manhattan Island because of a threat of invasion from New England. This wall is the site of the present-day Wall Street in New York City.
1654
The Swedes capture the Dutch Fort Casimir and rename it Fort Trefaltighet (or Fort Trinity).
1655
Stuyvesant conquers New Sweden.
Native Americans around Manhattan attack New Amsterdam, Pavonia, and Staten Island during a conflict called the Peach War.
1652-3
Settlement begins at the Esopus (now Kingston, New York).
1659
The First Esopus War begins between the Dutch and Native Americans.
1663
The Second Esopus War begins.
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