Peter Stuyvesant, 17th Century

Peter Stuyvesant and Native American Indians, 17th Century. Stuyvesant (1612-1672) maintained a diplomatic truce with the Indians after the Peach Tree War. He served as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664, after which it was renamed New York. He was a major figure in the early history of New York City. The Peach Tree War was a large scale attack by the Susquehannock Nation and allied Native Americans on several New Netherland settlements along the North River, centered on New Amsterdam and Pavonia on September 15, 1655. The attack was motivated by the Dutch conquest of New Sweden, a close trading partner and protectorate of the Susquehannock, which was a result of the hostilities between Sweden and the Dutch Republic during the Second Northern War. Many outlying Dutch settlements were forced to temporarily garrison in Fort Amsterdam. Director-General Stuyvesant shortly repurchased the rights to settle the west bank of the North River from the Native Americans

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Netherland Peach Petrus Pieter Stuyvesant

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