2007-10-07 15:15:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Royal. It was ceded to England as part of a peace treaty with the Dutch.
2007-10-07 15:22:27 · answer #1 · answered by Chrispy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was not New York until the British troops moved in. It had been New Amsterdam, and it was originally the Dutch West India Company. The Dutch government was not imperialistic, and relied on private ventures to increase trade, though the government "let it happen," buy granting a charter to the company.
The charter and some basic information is here:
http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/D_Pages/Dutch_West_India_Company.htm
http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/early/topic5.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/dutch-west-india-company
2007-10-07 15:34:33 · answer #2 · answered by Boomer Wisdom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A proprietary colony. William Penn = proprietor.
2016-05-18 21:04:01 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋