. A brief history of the United States . or two after. A fort was completed, in 1615,Boutli of the present site of Albany. Eight or nine years later, a party of Walloonsor Protestants from Belgian provinces were brought over by the company. Aboutthe same time, Fort Orange was erected, and eighteen families built their bark hutsunder its protection. In 1626, Minuit, the first governor, arrived in New Amsterdam,and purchased Manhattan Island of the Indians for about $34, nearly 1 mill per acre.—Some of the old Dutch manors remain to this day. The famous anti-rent difficultiesCp. 182) grew out of
. A brief history of the United States . or two after. A fort was completed, in 1615,Boutli of the present site of Albany. Eight or nine years later, a party of Walloonsor Protestants from Belgian provinces were brought over by the company. Aboutthe same time, Fort Orange was erected, and eighteen families built their bark hutsunder its protection. In 1626, Minuit, the first governor, arrived in New Amsterdam,and purchased Manhattan Island of the Indians for about $34, nearly 1 mill per acre.—Some of the old Dutch manors remain to this day. The famous anti-rent difficultiesCp. 182) grew out of such titles. 66 EPOCH II. [1626 for twenty years is only an account of Indian bntcheries,varied by difficulties with the Swedes on the Delaware, andthe English on the Connecticut.* These disturbances aremonotonous enough in the recital, but doubtless thrilled theblood of the early Knickerbockers. Peter Stuyresant was thelast and ablest of the four Dutch goTernors. He agreed WithConnecticut upon the boundary line, and taking an armed. THE ENGLISH LANDING AT NEW YORK, 1664. force, marched upon the Swedes, who at once submitted tohim. But the old Governor hated democratic institutions,and was terribly vexed in this wise. There were some Eng-lish in the colony, and they longed for the rights of self-government v/hich the Connecticut people enjoyed. Theykept demanding these privileges and talking of them to theirDutch neighbors. At this juncture un English fleet came to * These disputes arose from the fact that the Dutch claimed the territory lyingbetween the Delaware and the Connecticut. 1664.] DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH COLONIEa. 67 anchor in the harbor, and demanded the surrender of thetown in the name of the Duke of York. Stout-hearted oldPeter pleaded with his council to fight. But in yain. Tneyrather liked the idea of English rule. The surrender wassigned, and at last the reluctant governor attached his September, 1664, the English flag floated over ManhattanIsland. The
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