wait...the Dutch owned NYC??

[@anouk6644]

Harlem in NYC was named after Haarlem in the Netherlands, not the other way around of course. Brooklyn - Breukelen, Flushing - Vlissingen, Coney Island was called Conyne Eylandt (modern Dutch - Konijnen = rabbit). Even Rhode Island has its origins in Dutch, Roodt Eylandt (modern Dutch Rode Eiland). There are also cities/towns in upstate New York around Albany that have Dutch (sounding) names, like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Nassau, Kinderhook

[@ronaldderooij1774]

Staten Island named after the Dutch parliament (Staten Generaal). I think the statue of liberty is on that island. Very fitting. Also some small villages, like Gelderland, Groningen and the like can be found in Albany.

[@anouk6644]

@ Het Vrijheidsbeeld staat op een piepklein eilandje (Liberty Island) waar alleen een handje vol gebouwen op staat. Het beeld is wel goed te zien vanaf de gratis ferry van Manhattan naar Staten Island.

[@dutchman7623]

Albany was called Beverwijk... (Beaver Wick) because of the plenty beaver furs.

[@arthurvangenk1549]

Wall street is where the city wall was placed. The "stadswal".

[@lukvanleeuwen7603]

@@dutchman7623 Makes me wonder why Beverwijk in North-Holland was called that🤔

[@tthijssen]

Fun fact: The word ‘Yankees’ was originally used by the English settlers in New York as a slur towards the Dutch residents. 2 very common Dutch names are Jan and Kees. So the English mashed these 2 names together and called the Dutch New Yorkers ‘Yankees’ and also, 2 other presidents with dutch heritage are Warren Harding and Martin van Buren. Van Buren even grew up in New York still speaking Dutch

[@dennismeurs9736]

Franklin Delano Roosevelt... Rozenveld

[@fokkioni]

I’ve just seen a video on YT where was said that 5 American Presidents had Dutch heritage. If thats true i can’t say with 100% certainty

[@resi3794]

@@fokkioni it is

[@Schuimp1e]

Thanks for this fun fact 👍🏻 didn't know that as a fellow dutchy

[@moladiver6817]

Van Buren was born Dutch and the only American president ever who wasn't born as an American citizen.

[@juliaroberts4962]

I was taught about New Amsterdam in school in the UK. I'm extremely surprised you weren't taught any of this!

[@dutchman7623]

The Dutch stayed in New Netherlands after the English took over. Continued their business, culture, trade, and organizations. All documents and contracts were in Dutch. Archives full of them. Only recently those archives were studied and partly translated. The WIC didn't want Dutch settlers in their colonies, Dutch people are rebellious and refuse to listen to authorities. So after the English take-over they continued trade with the Netherlands, Dutch Antilles and everything making profits. So when George Washington needed weapons, the New York tradesmen send the Andrew Doria to Sint Eustatius to fetch them. On arrival under US flag, the ship was saluted with canonshots by the Governor, being the first time the US was recognized as independent. Washington send John Adams to Paris France to get a million to finance the US revolutionary war, he got nothing, so he traveled to Amsterdam and asked for 100.000. Amsterdam refused to talk about it, not being enough to bother... When he said he was hoping for a million, but didn't want to ask for such a lot, talks really started and he left with five million. The Dutch were the ones who made 1776 possible. We got in war with England because of this, but hey, we finally had our revenge for 1665!

[@DT-wp4hk]

Wic mentality still being applied

[@Bin17Subrcibe]

The Netherlands Found New Netherlands and New Amsterdam in 1660

[@Bin17Subrcibe]

​@@DT-wp4hki have the mentality i am very proud and dutch Frisian

[@ganikus8565]

i guess you don't know much about history but a few nationalist ideology or you watch to many tv series John Adams actually negotiated and successfully recieved 6 millions livres from France durinbg his trip to Paris then another 10 million a year later. Later he went to the netherland and recieved 5 millions florins which equal to 750 000 livres , which is more than 20 times less than what France gave. France also gave the largest navy and the most weapons and the troops that defeated the British at the last battle of Yorktown.

[@hanschouwman4536]

@@dutchman7623 it was wic

[@MrLittle3vil]

How such a small country can be so big and influential all over the world. Proud to be Dutch!

[@RogerKeulen]

Yes. We started BeNeLux. We started the EU and the Euro. And with Trump in power and Russia in war, i can say to you: *Welcome to the United Countries of Europe* The Euro wil be the new/old world currency within a couple of years. What a time to be alive !

[@xxypsilonxx]

Wacht even... "We" hebben dat land gewoon gestolen van de oorspronkelijke inwoners, wat we ook deden op andere plekken in de wereld. Niks om trots op te zijn meneer... Wait a minute... "We" just stole that land from the original inhabitants, just like we did in other places in the world. Nothing to be proud of sir...

[@the_w189]

@@RogerKeulen the euro is not real money, they just make so mutch of them out of thin air, it's getting more worthless bij the day. the eu costs us money and is corrupt the likes you have no idea of, each member makes at least 20.000 a month.... for 4 to 8 days work a month... that's why they tell you it's awesome. yess we have trade, but Norway and Switserland have trade as well, ánd they are the boss of their own borders, so the jew hunts like yesterday in Amsterdam (yeah that really happened) would not happen there.

[@milestone76]

@@RogerKeulen brics "hold my beer"

[@ganikus8565]

@@RogerKeulen Well Germany and France started the EU, then smaller, less powerfull nations followed, such as the Netherland. Same for the Euro. And for what is the the Netherland greatness, high development, it may not have been so great, or even possible if the netherland were not under the Hasbourg family power For such a small nation to be under the Germanic empire helped greatly History of nations is a combination of many influences

[@acwillibrordus]

Harlem is named after Haarlem, Brooklyn after Breukelen New Utrecht after Utrecht. All places in New York....

[@lightpunch00]

Thanks I was gonna write this myself haha

[@jessicakoster2543]

How about Soho? I learned it was an abbreviation of SOuth of HOuston.

[@damiaanspatrick2050]

Vanaf 1615, de grondgebieden gelegen tussen Virginia en Nieuw-Engeland zullen onverschillig de naam van Nieuw-België (Novum Belgium, Novo Belgio, Nova Belgica, Novi Belgii) of Nieuw-Nederland dragen. Het woord België verwijst naar de oude Nederlanden, die toen een gedeelte van Noord van Frankrijk en Lotharingen, België, Luxemburg et het huidige Nederland omvatten. Zijn inwoners heetten de Belgen. Vele kaarten uit de zestiende eeuw toonden trouwens dit grondgebied onder de naam van België. De naam ging nadien in onbruik raken ten bate van Nederland, en ging pas in 1789 terug verschijnen ter gelegenheid van de eerste Belgische revolutie. Meerdere zegels uit dit tijdperk herinneren dat de grondgebieden rond de toekomstige New York de naam van Nieuw-België droegen. Een eerst zegel uit 1623 draagt een bever - voor het aankomst van de kolonisten in 1624 was de streek vooral geëxploiteerd door pelsjagers - omcirkelt met de woorden "Sigillum Novi Belgii". Het zegel van Nieuw-Amsterdam uit 1654 draagt wat hem aangaat de vermelding "Sigillum Amstellodamensis in Novo Belgio". In 1626, Pierre Minuit, gouverneur van Nieuw-België, werd beroemd door het aankopen van het Manhattan eiland aan de Manhatten Indianen, in ruil voor snuisterrijen en andere kleinigheden, namelijk het equivalent van 60 gulden (24 dollars). Pierre Minuit was een Waal, geboren te Wesel (Reinland). Zijn ouders, afkomstig uit Doornik (Henegouwen), hadden zich daar in 1581 gevestigd, om de godsdienstkwellingen te ontsnappen. Hij zal zelf diaken van de Waalse Kerk worden.

[@dutchman7623]

@@damiaanspatrick2050 The history of the Low Countries (600-now) shares a lot with the history of the USA. As if history repeated itself one thousand years later on another continent. Citizens longing for freedom and self governing while 'Eendracht maakt macht' is engraved on everything they do.

[@petethefungi]

@@jessicakoster2543 That would appear to be correct. But don't forget that there's an English parish called Soho, developed from a parkland area during the late 17th century, starting around 1670.

[@eisikater1584]

Glad to hear that you were in Haarlem, Netherlands. I'm German and once spent my vacation in Amsterdam, as the Netherlands are not far away. In Amsterdam, I hopped on a bus and was on my way to the sea to spend a day at the shoreline. Looking out of the window, I saw that city sign "Haarlem" and thought, "Haarlem? Is that like ... Harlem in New York City?", so I got off the bus and strolled around for about two hours, and back home, I researched a little more about the connection between the Dutch and NYC. Doing that, I also found out that the whole concept of a stock exchange actually was a Dutch idea, so, Wall Street, yeah, sure. It all started making sense to me. Just like you, I had all that attributed to the Americans, but I couldn't have been more wrong.

[@henkmertens7120]

yep, the Dutch were at the foundation of the modern capitalist world.

[@patrickw123]

Unless you're a native American, early 'Americans" came from Europe and Africa and brought their culture and institutions with them. On the North American continent they melded and fused those cultures according to the circumstances of the geography and their historical contexts. Every white American you see had ancestors who came from Europe. Shocking, I know!

[@manpetepetrop8034]

I find it weird , that you as an American didn't know that New York was once New Amsterdam. I as a Greek person knew that since I was a teen. Perhaps when I heard the lyrics of They Might Be Giants song : Istanbul (Not Constantinople), all the way back to 1990 (I'm THAT old...). " Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say People just liked it better that way"...

[@zoetjez]

I'm dutch and we learned this in high school. Our education system is quite good, but still a bit strange that americans don't learn this 🤔

[@jmbig]

Oui ... Sauf que les premiers à avoir découvert cet endroit, ce sont les français en 1524 .. et ce qu'on appel aujourd'hui new york, s'appelait angoulême, comme la ville d'angoulême en france ☝️😌

[@listey]

You really didn't know this?! Its fascinating how much more non-Americans seem to know about America than Americans themselves 🤦‍♂️

[@thekito4623]

or how much more non americans seem to know ... about anything ... than americans xD

[@kokoken1]

Which tells you all you need to know about the public educational system in the US. Sure, some of it is boring, but that should be a challenge to teachers to teach the basics in a more palatable way. As Joel is learning, the context of the history of New Amsterdam actually has relevance to today. It's just not always in plain sight.

[@janolaful]

One american insisted Christopher Columbus was on the mayflower and discovered America which be hard to do because he died the 1500s infact he never found America.

[@josephwhirlwind6086]

Harlem in NY is called after Haarlem in the Netherlands by early settlers !

[@anthonyphillips2874]

Well, now he has taken the decision to find out.

[@CobraChicken1302]

Joel, Look at the flag of NYC, Orange, white and Blue -> basically an old dutch flag 😂 on its side.

[@moladiver6817]

The orange white blue flag is called the Prinsenvlag or Prince's Flag.

[@jmbig]

Oui ... Alors que ça devrait être des fleurs de lys dorés sur fond bleu ... vu que angoulême, (comme la ville d'angoulême en france) ce que vous appelez aujourd'hui new york a été découverte par les français en 1524 sous le règne du roi françois premier 😁😁

[@MarjoleinNoyceBellingaMobiel]

It is kind of funny that you visited Haarlem, must have seen some of the older bits (the city celebrates her 779th birthday since achieving City Rights this month) so at least subconsciously must have noticed that it was older than the States.... but still assume that it is named after an American neighbourhood.

[@suicidalbanananana]

Americans in a nutshell, when in doubt about anything -> bald eagle sounds & assume America did it first 🤷‍♂ (not trying to be rude about him btw, it's just results of the weird education they have, not his fault)

[@gember1382]

I don't think the Dutch would be very different now if we didn't trade New Amsterdam, I think the US would be very different.

[@thenonexistinghero]

I think North America probably would've consisted of more than 2 countries. I don't think the Dutch able enough to basically take over 50% of the entire continent for themselves.

[@TheRtm68]

Think again, we are now from tradingcountry mentality to a war country mentality! If you had still the trading mentality, you won’t support the Ukrains but work for peace, you won’t have a opinion about the Israel or Palestinians! If the Origen Dutch people don’t understand that, you have a perfect example that diversity dousn’t work for a country, unless you are prepared to change from trading to war country!!! So think again about our own country who is split in mentality!

[@suicidalbanananana]

"Famously" (read: common 'joke' said by history teachers etc) "we didn't want it anymore because it was windy and we already had weather problems at home" ^_^

[@ganikus8565]

And before them, the French were there, It was called new Angoulême for a hundred years before Dutch settled there

[@bloemkoolendestreetgang450]

@@thenonexistinghero ive got great news for you, North America consists of a whole lot more than 2 countries already!

[@hannytierlierblaauw192]

What I don’t understand is why the people in the USA think that the Dutch named their cities after. the USA. The Netherlands is hundreds of of years older than the USA. Do you know that you almost were speaking Dutch?

[@comdutch]

The motto in the Brooklyn coat of arms reads: "Eendraght maeckt maght", which shows the Dutch roots of this borough of New York City. It is old Dutch and means in English: unity makes strength.

[@CobraChicken1302]

Brooklyn has it from the dutch, 100%. But is was first used/recorded by the Roman Gaius Sallustius Crispus in his work about the Nubian wars. These days it is also the motto of Belgium, Bulgaria, South Africa, Venezuela and Haiti. In the Netherlands it has been replaced with "Je maintaindrai" since 1815

[@BabzV]

​@@CobraChicken1302I didn't know that, thanks for that info. Greetz from a Dutchie. 🌷

[@ganikus8565]

And before them, the French were there. . It was called new Angoulême for a hundred years before Dutch settled there

[@henrijansen4224]

​@@ganikus8565What happened to the French? They still lived there or ...?

[@suurjef5961]

​@@henrijansen4224The dutch came. That happened to them.

[@NinoMit87]

Why feel bad? The trade was way more in the favor of the Dutch. They traded Manhatten for Surinam and also an important spice island in the region of now a days Indonesia. This spice island gave them full monopoly of important spices which was more valuable together with the surinam plantages then Manhattan. So for those times it was a big win.

[@henkmertens7120]

The name of that island was Run, it gave the Dutch a monopoly on nutmeg, a spice that at that time was worth more than gold. unimaginable today, but at that time you could buy a canal house in Amsterdam for a kilo of nutmeg.

[@knockshinnoch1950]

I'm amazed that most Americans appear to know little about the significant Dutch influence on US history and New York I particular. Here in the UK almost everyone knows that the Dutch founded New Amsterdam and that the English renamed it New York. Do Americans know about the French influence and the sale of land to the US by Napoleon? Do they know how much of America belonged to the Spanish and Mexican Empires and that Texas was an independent nation? I fear they are taught an oversimplified airbrushed history of America (like most countries do!) Great video- amazed to watch JP totally enthralled by every word throughout the presentation!

[@jmbig]

Faux .... Ce que vous appelez aujourd'hui new york s'appelait a l'origine angoulême, comme la ville d'angoulême en france et a eté decouverte en 1524 par les français sous le règne de françois premier .... ☝️😌

[@JanuzTrance68]

I knew all of that. Even about the French, the Spanish, the Mexicans and Texas. But sadly i'm Dutch, not American. And i learned not just at school. I also educated myself by watching lots of documentaries on tv, and even here on KZbin. It's all about having interest in the history of the world. Something not a lot of Americans seem to care about.

[@knockshinnoch1950]

@@JanuzTrance68 you are so true in all you say. America's schools are poor

[@patrickhendrikskingston9303]

You asked if Haarlem was named after Harlem new York, but Harlem new York was named after Haarlem. Just like brooklyn was named after Dutch city of Breukelen, flushing was named after the Dutch city of Vlissingen, coney island comes from konijn eiland (rabbit island).

[@tammo100]

Besides all the placenames, some Dutch words have also found their way into New York. Like 'stoop' (from the Dutch word 'stoep'), and "cookie" (from "koekje").

[@Roeplala]

Coleslaw = koolsla

[@dragonfireshield1976]

Boss, baas

[@fritsmosselman4597]

You might be interested in the origins of your declaration of independence as well, since parts of the declaration are almost word for word translations of the Dutch declaration of independence (Acte van Verlatinghe).

[@CobraChicken1302]

A.k.a. Plakkaat van Verlatinghe 👍😊

[@DenUitvreter]

To be fair the American DOI was much more concise, but in the 200 years in between them materially very little was added. The people's right to stand up to tyranny, having inalienable rights and government has to serve them, it was already in there.

[@RH1812]

May come in useful then

[@ronaldderooij1774]

"Almost word for word" is not true. Granted, the DOI seems to be inspired by Het Plakkaat van Verlatinghe.

[@fritsmosselman4597]

@@CobraChicken1302 both terms seem to apply

[@Decoy629]

Cookie stams from the word koekje, and santa claus from sinterklaas.

[@biloaffe]

I am always surprised at how little Americans know about their own history and their immigrants!🤔

[@dond3r183]

Owned? The Dutch founded NY. Thanks for the video!

[@bertoverweel6588]

Haarlem in the Netherlands is more then 1000 years old, Columbus didn't even set foot on the new world then, so Haarlem isn't named from Harlem NY.

[@sushi777300]

It's wild that this is new to you 😮

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

I'm suprised he didn't cover Martin van Buren. He was a Dutch-American whom spoke Dutch as his first language and became the 8th president of America.

[@Roeplala]

Another fun fact about Van Buren: he signed his okay under new laws and propositions with the letters o and k. They stood for Old Kinderhook, the town where he was from. OK?

[@ryankuin6681]

Another fun fact his great great grandson Arwin is a famous edm dj. Ps this was just a joke, not sure if there blood relatives.

[@AnnetteLudke-je5ll]

I was an English teacher and taught my students about the history of Ne York in grade 8. So everyone knows that NYC was founded by the Dutch. Greetings from Germany! Like your videos.

[@jmbig]

Faux .... Ce que vous appelez aujourd'hui, new york s'appelait angoulême, comme la ville d'angoulême en france vu que les premiers à decouvrir et a s'installer à cet endroit, furent les français en 1524 sous le règne du roi françois premier ...☝️😌

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

In Australia we have places that were named by Dutch and French explorers, such as Rottnest (rats nest) Island and Arnhem Land in Western Australia and La Perouse and Bateau Bay in the East.

[@IntoTheWhite04]

New York: A Documentary Film by Ric Burns is an absolute must watch for anyone wanting to know about new York . It's an incredible documentary

[@MichaelCoIIins]

Love to see how mind blown you are during the vid mate, Makes me every proud to be Born Dutch

[@jurgenolivieira1878]

When the Founding Fathers left the Dutch harbour of Leiden heading for the Americas, they took with them the Dutch "Plakkaat van Verlatinghe", which the Dutch used to declare themselves independent from the Spanish King after the 80 year war. This contained things like freedom of religion and not being ruled by the Church of a Monarch, This document was later used as the basis for the American Constitution. With their declaration the Dutch also became the first city state in the world and "invented" the first national anthem (which still mentioned the Spanish king as being honored, probably to appease him) and the first national flag. I was born in Surinam, that country that was sold to them. It was then called Dutch Guiana, situated between British and French Guiana.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

The goal was not to appease the King of Spain, but to stress that the divine rule of Kings was sacred, but could be overthrown if the King misused his powers.

[@jurgenolivieira1878]

@ronaldderooij1774 Stress is what way? Read between the lines, in the other parts of the song text or part of historical record and origin of the song?

[@fokkioni]

The Dutch anthem is the oldest in the whole world dating back to the 1300’s. But it only became the official anthem since the 1930’s

[@jurgenolivieira1878]

@fokkioni Uhm, which anthem is that? The "Het Wilhelmus van Nassouwe" was written in 1570 at the beginning of the 80 year war with Spain. Arround 1300 the Moors had conquered Spain and they were Muslim. The Dutch never pledged fealty to a Muslim king, nor had an 80 year war with Muslim!? The Dutch were dealing with Karel V and his successor probably.

[@jurgenolivieira1878]

@fokkioni Indeed it became official on 1932, May 10. But I think it was just a formality by that time as practically it already was.

[@Saartje05]

The American constitution was also based on the Dutch constitution.

[@scb2scb2]

As others have noted read or listen to "island at the center of the world" and maybe his other book called amsterdam it tells you so much more and how complex it was.

[@marcvandenbroecke331]

The Manhattan Island was bought from the indians by Pierre Minuit, a Walloon from the south of the now existing Belgium who made the voyage with the dutch because he was a protestant (The north of now existing Belgium is Flanders but this was roman catholic area).

[@JanuzTrance68]

Makes you think again of the name Wallstreet doesn't it? Maybe it really was not named after the wall, but after the (short) name Wallonian?

[@Zerocool-kb4ej]

New York Yankees are named after the Dutch ,they were named after "Jan Kees" a very common Dutch name at that time

[@renestam7385]

Try to find an english translation of the plakkaat van verlatinghe. It’s dutch declaration of indepedence. Only 200 years before the 13 colonnes.

[@Prullenbak3]

Hoboken, near Antwerp, Belgium.

[@renekuipers4563]

Yankees is also Dutch ..Dollar Daalder..

[@zeisselgaertner3212]

Nope Dollar comes from the Austrian/German Thaler which started its career as Joachimsthaler in Western Bohmia.

[@arthurhagen3826]

​@@zeisselgaertner3212the thaler is the dollar's grandfather, the daalder is it's father :)

[@jacquelinevanderkooij4301]

​@@zeisselgaertner3212 No, daalder (same as thaler) gave the name to dollar.

[@zeisselgaertner3212]

@jacquelinevanderkooij4301 😌

[@miran4471]

Yankees= Jan Kees .

[@rubentullenaar2934]

I cringed when you said Haarlem in The Netherlands is named after Harlem in New York... You do realize that the Netherlands is older then America right? So it is the other way round.

[@nickcornwell473]

25 Years ago I was living in Amsterdam & working just outside Leiden. I was on a train back from work one evening, passing through Haarlem & 2 Americans sitting behind me saw the signs for Haarlem. With complete confidence they said the Dutch must have named it after Harlem in New York. For a few seconds I considered enlightening them, but in the end I just couldn't be bothered.

[@Fokko]

They have the same logic with language, thinking that America English is the Original Real English then English English😂

[@BryceBensema-sb8cb]

I'm an American and was definitely taught this in school. It probably stuck in my mind more due to my Dutch heritage, all of my great grandparents came to the US in the 1870's (South Holland and Groningen) . I worked with a Dutch student teacher named Kees years ago, his story of Yankee was that it was from young-jong Kees, used to describe brash young men, similar to Jack-the-lad in the UK.

[@BetsyEimers]

@@BryceBensema-sb8cb Ah! Bensema! A name that finds its origin in the Province Groningen, like all dutch last names ending on 'ma" It's a patronym and means 'son of Bense'.,

[@twanvorstenbosch]

YanKees doesnt come from young-Kees , it comes from Jan-Kees , Jan and Kees are 2 very Dutch names , the English combined the 2 names and it became YanKees , it was a slur that the English used , they called the Dutch New-Yorkers YanKees

[@jcvans4452]

Bensema! That truly is Dutch! 👍 🇳🇱

[@user-xb8qe5vp4e]

In 1620, the 1st group of what would become known as the Pilgrim Fathers left Leiden on small boats on the Rapenburg canal and boarded the Speedwell at Delfshaven. The Speedwell was a leaky coastal trader heading to Southampton. In July 1620, the Mayflower left its home port Rotherhithe, London and made its way along the South coast of England. About 65 passengers boarded in London. It's not known how many people boarded at ports on its way to Plymouth, or exactly how many had come from Leiden. One record mentions just 3 dozen had come from Leiden. The Mayflower & Speedwell joined forces at Southampton, but the Speedwell twice had to return to port for repairs, leaving the Mayflower to make its own way to Plymouth. On 16 September 1620, the Mayflower left Portsmouth alone, bound for what was to become New England. There were 102 passengers and 30 crew aboard. It's likely that just 35 passengers on the Mayflower were from Leiden, but it could well be fewer. 35 passengers were members of the radical English Separatist Church. It was members of this church that had left the British Isles over the previous 12 years and settled in Amsterdam & Leiden. Some of the Separatists amongst the passengers could have come from the British Isles. Groups of Separatists left Leiden between 1620 and 1643, bound for either the British Isles or for the Americas. Not mentioned in the video is that the most American of holidays is actually a Dutch tradition, Thanksgiving Day. Whilst in Leiden, the Separatists joined in the local celebration Drie Oktober (3 October). This gives thanks for the lifting of the Siege of Leiden in 1574. A crucial Dutch victory in their wars with the Spanish, leading to Spain's loss of the Spanish Netherlands and Dutch independence. It's still celebrated in Leiden with a festival in the run up to 3 October. Pieterskerk (St.Peter's Church) where the Separatists' births, marriages & deaths were recorded in the parish registers, holds a non-denominational service on American Thanksgiving Day. There's a small museum in Leiden dedicated to the settlement of members of the English Separatist Church in the city. There's also a Pilgrims Walk around the city that takes you to places connected to the Separatists and to the Pilgrims Memorial. Whilst the video looked at the continuation of Dutch names, people & places, in NY, the same can be done for British names in Leiden. The Mayflower settlers weren't called Pilgrims until the early 1800's. There are several competing claims as to why they started to get called Pilgrim Fathers. So many people just go to Amsterdam. I was lucky enough to grow up with Dutch family friends. My 1st trip abroad was with my parents when I was 8. We went to Amsterdam and lots of other places in The Netherlands. I have so many vivid memories of that trip well over 50 years later, including: Madurodam model village (great during the day & absolutely magical after dark with all the tiny lights); Die Efteling amusement park (litter bins burped loudly when you put something in them!); We visited Leiden by train, but cycled a lot. I found it very funny to see my parents on bikes!; We went by boat overnight from Harwich to the Hook of Holland and flew back in a small plane with propellers from Eindhoven.

[@R69E]

The Dutch were the greatest rivals so they had to be erased from history. Just like they claimed the win of the Waterloo battle. Don’t mention other nations in particular the Dutch.

[@JanuzTrance68]

Most of the Duch documents of that time were later on lost in a couple of fires. And i really suspect faul play. Probably from the English. Not joking here.

[@DenUitvreter]

The Dutch Republic put the modern into what is now called "the early modern period". This has indeed been appropriated by the Anglos, on either side of the pond. State and economy wise the Americans got their freedom of religion, capitalism and upward social mobility from the Dutch through NYC and the copy of the Dutch DOI. The English got it through the 1688 invasion of England by the Dutch Republic. Stadtholder Willem III brought John Locke over from the Dutch Republic himself to assist with the new constitutional parliamentary monarchy with Bill of Rights they have until today. But many things the Dutch introduced are so very normal today everywere that people assume they were always there. They weren't, the 17th century Dutch Republic was extremely modern for it's time and extremely succesfull economically, dominating all European trade. That made it spread easy and the money made others learn from the Dutch. More than half of Europe's books were printed in the Dutch Republic too and with it's freedom it was also the printer of the Enlightenment. People who rue the loss of New Amsterdam should realize how little of a posession it was. The 17th century Dutch were colonialists but not imperialists, the value of New Amsterdam to the Dutch Republic was a port to fight the Spanish from primarily, and a trading post secondly. The value was in the trade, most of the inhabitants of New Amsterdam weren't Dutch, so as long as the trade continued, New Amstedam was still making them and itself money. Capitalists don't care very much about "owning" a place. It was the native Americans and the blacks and maybe America in general who lost out with the transfer to the English.

[@fokkioni]

The Dutch V.O.C. Was a worldwide trading Powerhouse. It was the biggest company in it’s time and still believed to be the largest company today

[@DenUitvreter]

@@fokkioni No, the VOC wasn't worldwide but had the Dutch monopoly East of the Cape in South-Africa, and that was a very long and dangerous journey. Peak VOC, around 1660, had less than 200 merchant ships. While the Dutch merchant fleet that dominated the European trade, was in the tenths of thousands of ships. The bulk was done by the independent merchants who didn't need public share and a stock exchange to make money.

[@patrickvanerp5131]

Interesting, especially with your views and comments! At Battery Park NYC is a statue with engraved in copper the decision paper or agreement buying what;s now New York by the Dutch government and Board of the VOC. In original 1600s Dutch and English. Above: the flag of New York. With its Dutch origins still: orange, white and blue, also symobolizing Dutch farmers and natives and I think (not sure) a windmill? More close to the Staten Island Ferry terminal there is a copper model of New Amsterdam in the 1600s.

[@MLWitteman]

Sadly the Dutch gave up New Amsterdam willingly. Simply because they could trade it for the more lucrative English colony of Surinam.

[@BetsyEimers]

You said it: more lucrative and for a much longer time.

[@edwinsuijkerbuijk5106]

If they had not given it up in this deal it would have become english eventually anyway. New Amsterdam was mainly a trade hub it did not encompass that much land basically Manhattan and some of the banks of the hudson river up to Fort orange, a dutch fortress that was around where the city of Albany is now. This thin strip of land was threatened to be squeezed of by the english whose towns where moving closer and close like recently founded New haven. But neither the dutch nor the english wanted to start a full scale war over this so they came to this agreement instead.

[@BetsyEimers]

@@edwinsuijkerbuijk5106 Besides: the American Revolution took it away from England. We still profited of Surinam a long time after that.

[@annehoog]

I live in Leiden. By the time the english puritans arrived here the city took pride in being the city of refugees for harboring so many refugees during the Spanish siege. Wanting to continue that reputation the city continued welcoming many among the the English puritans who for years enjoyed a good and safe life here being free to practice their religion. The pastor John Robinson was free even to construct a church and hold services. He is now buried in the Pieterskerk which is a bit ironical since the puritans viewed that church as being to ornate especially the huge organ which Robinson could here play every sunday because he (and many of his followers) lived right next to that church. Today the city remembers them and there are plaques and informational signs on and near the places where the worshipped and lived. There is also a pelgrim museum where they reconstructed a house like it would have been then and then we have an American bookshop and a hotel called Mayflower.

[@Kamisei85]

9:52 It's in Den Bosch or 's Hertogenbosch as well. And in other financial districts.

[@lleevv1052]

There was even a New Sweden along the Delaware River in present-day Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

[@bloemkoolendestreetgang450]

6:21 to give you a fun fact, the Netherlands still does span multiple continents today! There are 6 Caribbean islands that belong to the Netherlands (both the Kingdom and the constituent country). This makes the Netherlands a transcontinental country, with territory in Europe and North America (as well as South America depending on who you ask, 3 of the islands are right off the coast of Venezuela)

[@LalaDepala_00]

You should check out the Dutch declaration of independence. The U.S. one is very similair (and the Dutch one is older).

[@rmyikzelf5604]

About 2 centuries older 😂

[@taal1979]

Hi Jps, if you like to know more about the connection between the Dutch and the Americans i recommend this short video "Russell Shorto & Dutch-American Heritage Day"

[@clarktoms]

Australia was once called New Holland

[@jurgenolivieira1878]

Also, Tasmania and New Sealand (Nieuw Zeeland) and many other places were "discovered" by Abel Tasman and named, one of the greatest Dutch explorers).

[@acwillibrordus]

Not NEW but NIEUW Holland

[@jurgenolivieira1878]

@acwillibrordus Nou, nou niet zo chauvinistisch hoor. Hij kan het niet uitspreken denk ik.

[@jurgenolivieira1878]

@acwillibrordus To be fair it's also Nieuw-Zeeland en Tasmanië if we go for the Dutch spelling.

[@apveening]

@@jurgenolivieira1878 And Abel Tasman named that island Van Diemensland, others changed it to Tasmania.

[@mymarci]

Coleslaw comes from the dutch words kool & sla, which translates to cabbage salad. The dutch ships always carried barrels with fermented cabbage to feed the passengers. Thats also why coleslaw became so popular in american cuisine.

[@JanuzTrance68]

Not named after the Dutch words, but named after the Dutch vegetable dish 'Koolsla'. Sad thing is that if you google the Dutch word Koolsla, the show you a reference to the American Coleslaw, and renamed it 'Koolsalade' (Cole salat) in the Dutch language. As if originated in America, but it is just not. It's Dutch !

[@comdutch]

The year in the Manhattan coat of arms was changed in 1977. The original year, 1664, referred to the year in which the Dutch transferred the city of New Amsterdam to the English, who renamed it New York. In 1977, the year was changed to 1625 to mark the year in which the first Dutch settlement on Manhattan was founded…… and rightfully so … 😂😂

[@dutchman7623]

1625 was the year in which New Amsterdam got town rights, a municipality with representation, that could manage their own (internal) affairs. That lead to conflicts with the Governor of New Netherlands appointed by the WIC and who served other interests.

[@robl6052]

The Pilgrim fathers also departed from the Netherlands, the city of Leiden, where we still have hotel Mayflower and mant descendants of them living.

[@robl6052]

many*

[@Woekkie]

Could be interesting for your next journey to find the original places at the root of a lot of stuff. Amsterdam has it's charm but Breukelen ( Brooklyn) also still exists.

[@jurgenolivieira1878]

Fun fact: The traditional American sugar glaced Donut, is originally Dutch as well. The original recipe was called oliekoek I think, which would translate to oil cake, what we today call oliebollen (a New Years, staple). Sorry for causing your police officer obesity problem.

[@optimusvalerius8824]

@MoreJps I'm Australian and was actually taught the whole history of New York and the other 12 colonial colonies of the United States during early settlement what do they actually teach you guys in schools there ?

[@peterwarmerdam1078]

Roosevelt comes from Rozenveld and means a field of roses

[@s.m.assies6448]

Of course you can say there were and still are two kinds of America. The tolerant America from New Amsterdam, which you describe at 12:20. Which in fact is Dutch and was formed during the eighty years war against Spain. And the America of the Mayflower and the Puritans who came to the new world to establish a protestant theocracy. Like later on Oliver Cromwell did in the UK.

[@damiaanspatrick2050]

Early in the Middle Ages, there was an inn in Bruges, Belgium, where Italian money brokers met to buy or sell. This inn, where the precursor of today's financial markets originated, belonged to the Belgian family Van der Burse. The term stock exchange is also derived from that name. The first real stock exchange originated in Antwerp in 1531.

[@jimbo6059]

Could that have been when it was part of the Spanish Netherlands then or the Netherlands after Spanish rule ceased.

[@damiaanspatrick2050]

@@jimbo6059 Bruges : Van der Beurze is the name of a prominent Bruges family that was active from the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries as innkeepers, financial advisers and brokers. Several members of the family held positions in the city magistracy. From their name is derived the word ‘beurs’ in the sense of regulated trading place, which lives on in many languages. The Italian historian Lodovico Guicciardini described how the name of the Bruges merchant exchange was derived from the family's name, via the inn of the same name that was commonly used to designate the square (‘Ter Beurze’) that formed the financial heart of the city. The Bruges stock exchange became a household word, and international merchants took the name ‘stock exchange’ back to their countries: first the Italians (borsa), but soon the French (bourse), the Germans (Börse), the Russians (birža), the Czechs (burza), the Swedes (börs), the Danes and Norwegians (børs). In most languages, the word coincides with that for moneybag, going back to the Latin bursa (from which, of course, the name of the Van der Beurse family is also derived). Antwerp : From the end of the 15th century, Bruges ‘ importance as an international hub declined. After 1531, Antwerp took over Bruges' role as a trading centre. There, the market was dominated by Spaniards and Portuguese. Antwerp's wholesalers requested and obtained permission from the city council to erect a ‘gemeyne borze’ in 1485. This Old Stock Exchange was erected at the centre of Antwerp's commercial life at the time. In the 16th century, Antwerp grew into a major metropolis with more than 100,000 inhabitants, 10,000 of whom were foreign merchants. They had access to a new building from 1531, conceived as a rectangular square with covered galleries on four sides, built atop a junction of streets. For half a century, this stock exchange was to be the focal point of European trade and the model for cities with similar ambitions. London: On the initiative of Thomas Gresham, the representative of the British crown in Antwerp, the London Stock Exchange was opened in 1565 on the model of this square. It was also called ‘the Bourse’ until Queen Elizabeth decided after a visit on 23 January 1570 that it should be Royal Exchange

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

Yeah I live in Australia and I knew about New Amsterdam, about 40 years ago. Not new history, just not taught that much in US school history classes

[@robingerhardpopma2587]

The last governor Pieter Stuyvesant was born about 10 miles from where I live...Cheers Robin

[@pauldenby878]

Joel, were you holding back a laugh at 13:28? LOL

[@renaudhobden4236]

Fun fact Before the Netherlands own New-Amsterdam, the place was "discover" by a Italian working for France and call it Nouvelle-Angoulême, in 1524, at the times of François Ier (Francis I ist), the explorer is name Giovanni di Verrazano,. Unfortunatly for him the French king was prisonner and never recieves the news. Giovanni describe the inhabitant as the "most beautiful humans on Earth, pleasing for the eyes and a language pleasing for the ears".

[@michaeljones3694]

I read a book once about the Spice Islands and how Britain possessed one of the spice islands in the Far East, or at least they had a presence there. It's called Nathaniel's Nutmeg (if I remember the name correctly). A fella called Nathaniel something or other, refused to leave. In the end the Dutch agreed to swap New Amsterdam with the British, for that spice island which grew nutmeg. Spices were worth more than gold in weight at that time. So they swapped, but what the Dutch didn't realise was the British took some spice plants or seeds, and planted them in the West Indies, destroying their monopoly of the spice trade. And the most interesting thing in the book, said when the British or possibly the Dutch first landed in Manhattan and they sat and drank alcohol with the native Americans, they all got drunk. Manhattan means the Island of the Inebriated (Island of the Drunks). Another interesting fact is the natives in Far East hated the Dutch and supported the English, as the dutch were a lot more cruel in comparison.

[@BeYou-Music]

Yas 🎉know the history and you know it all ❤

[@arnoudboer]

Waalstraat is now Wall Street. Heemstede is now Hempstead.

[@casrai1]

De Waal Straat or The walloon street

[@ari-etta]

If you are interested in the connection between the US and the Netherlands and the history you might find 2 youtube vids very interesting. How the Netherlands Helped America Gain Independence (And How it Cost Them) kzbin.info/www/bejne/apK7mmaihNJ8eas Why Doesn't the U.S. Know About its Own Dutch Origins? kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4qYgoaYaJqAq9E

[@AdvdW]

The country South Africa was ruled by the Dutch. In the time of the V.O.C. (Dutch India Company) 1652 - 1795. The capital city of South Africa is Kaapstad. In English it's Cape Town.

[@Stelphy876]

5:37 the stoyteller is wrong The Waal is a big river in the south of the netherlands. Wallonie or Walloon from southern belgium is from the 19th century about 200 years later after the finding of new york.

[@JanuzTrance68]

You are wrong. Wallonie already excisted way before that, as part of the United Netherlands.

[@SAMUDRAMAC]

The reason why it’s not being taught is because the British took over and the winner usually writes the history books. So they left out the Dutch.

[@williamvandegriendt92]

Only books before 1920 can be trusted .... Because same reason

[@suusb2807]

Exactly, I'm curious what the original inhabitants would write.

[@jmbig]

​@@suusb2807ils ne savaient pas écrire ... C'etait des peuples de tradition orale ...☝️😁

[@jmbig]

Surtout que ce que l'on appelle aujourd'hui new york, s'appelait angoulême, comme la ville d'angoulême en france vu que ce sont les français qui ont decouvert cet endroit et s'y sont installé en 1524 sous le règne du roi françois premier ...☝️😌

[@alex__andrei]

For example, The Manhattan Municipal Building in NYC has written on its front arch New Amsterdam alongside New York. It has both the historical name and the current name, look it up! 😄

[@geertdelange4785]

We fought a lot of wars as a small country against England, Spain and France back in that days. England specially had problems with us, because we should not be important as a small country. Even when they Los a battle at Medway, 1665-1667, defeated by the Dutch on their own ground, they don't like to mention it even nowadays. Just like Waterloo, the Dutch had a important role in in the victory, but it was claimed only by the English. And all over the world trading in America, Japan, SoutAfrica, Indonesia, China Australia and New Zealand (Zeeland). Everyone was jealous on this small powerful trading country. VOC was the first multinational of the world. And more, we can talk about. Greeting from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

[@DT-wp4hk]

Rutte is working for more wars

[@jmbig]

Oui .. les anglos saxons modifient toujours l'histoire .... Et ce qu'ils appelent aujourd'hui new york s'appelait à l'origine angoulême, comme la ville d'angoulême en france, vu que ce sont les français qui ont découvert cet endroit et s'y sont installés en 1524 sous le règne du roi françois premier ... ☝️😌

[@Ronnet]

The English took it, the Dutch took it back and then to resolve the war it was traded for a "lesser" colony. In retrospec that wasnt a bad deal. Otherwise eventually the American revolutionists would have taken it by force anyway. And in the offchange that the Dutch colony would have been left alone then it still wouldn't grow out to become as culturally and economically significant as New York became in our timeline.

[@JenniferRussell-qw2co]

That was a brilliant video, and it explains so much of what New York has become. Far from being an upstart anarchist country the USA is really part of the evolution of nations, with all the good and bad that they have in common. Despite those early disputes, the Netherlands is one of our oldest allies, as is Portugal who had an empire too. The friendly handover, and subsequent retention of Dutch influence, was clearly the start of our good relationship.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

I have to admit that, after watching so many videos which have taught you, Joel, of the world in general, and the UK and Europe specifically, that you seemed to not know about the Netherlands and NYC etc... (& by the way, though not related to this subject, sorry - are you still drinking Ribena 'neat' that is, _undiluted_ as you seemed to when you first tried it?)

[@nalydamuttah1]

The Hudson was named after the English captain on the Dutch ship "Halve Maen" (half moon).

[@DabbertjeDouwe]

Wait until the fella learns his countrymen walked on the moon...

[@saskiawoud5626]

You really didn t know ????? Its the history of your country !!!

[@patricvanbree2541]

Fun part, without a Dutch invention you couldn't listen to this tube 🤪 A few Dutch inventions: The Microscope. Dutch Father-Son team, Hans and Zaccharias Jansen, invented the microscope in the 1590s as spectacle-makers in the city of Middelburg. ... The Eye Test. ... Cassette, CD, DVD and Blu-Ray. ... Bluetooth. ... Wi-Fi. ... Orange Carrots. ... The Stock Market. ... Fair Trade.

[@platinaatje6134]

Antony van Leeuwenoek wordt in het algemeen gezien als uitvinder van de microscoop Then: Fire hose, pendulum clockwork, submarines, 4 W drive, the infamous speed camera, Telescope, he Enigma, artificial kidney, electrocardiograph, cruise control, paper coffee filters, Compactron-IC and much much more.

[@ChantaltheFrency]

Stock market is actually from Belgium i recently learned after my citytrip… Van Beurzen family in Brugge and first stockmarket but the first certificate for stocks was a Dutch invention because they needed money to pay for their wars so they invented that bonds could be traded fast with proof of ownership. Btw in that time Belgium was still a part of the NL i think. The Stock Market was place not so far from the hospital where they invented the lottery. Interesting if ever visiting Brugge.

[@la-go-xy]

The Oranje carrots are the best! Lovely story I learned rather recently... Greetings from a German neighbour

[@Cactusman1960]

Bluetooth

[@robertvermaat2124]

I don't think 'De Waalstraat' refers to people from Wallonia, but more likely to the Waal, one of the larger rivers in The Netherlands. We still seem to like naming streets after rivers.

[@kvas101]

Brooklyn is named after Breukelen in the NL for example

[@fertblu5514]

And that means "marshland" in english

[@theGoogol]

Have you seen the video about the Netherlands being the first nation to recognize American Independence? Worth a watch.

[@Vwall007STASMR]

The Dutch preferred trade over owning territory. That’s why we built forts everywhere and rarely took large parts of land.

[@casrai1]

Belgian walloon Protestant refugees settled contributed to the founding of New Amsterdam which would later become New York City. The arrival of the first settlers in Manhattan began in May 1623 (or 1624 depending on the source), with the landing of the Nieuw Nederlandt, a ship carrying thirty Protestant families, mainly belgian walloon families.

[@rubentullenaar2934]

He forgot to mention that your 8th President, Martin van Buren was of Dutch descent as well. He even spoke Dutch as a first language and the only president to have spoken English as a second .

[@chrisvandijk99]

It is sad you were not learned this in school, we (dutch people do) essentially learning all about the cultural history dating back 300 years. the bad and the good by the way, understand also we were never interested in colonizing like the UK was, we were mostly interesting in trading

[@essiiiiii]

I am proud to have the last name: de Waal❤

[@6feetbelowsealevel]

SO NOW ....HOW TO COOP WITH THE.,. I COULD BE DUTCH RIGHT NOW FEELING 😂😂😂

[@dutchlady3710]

Hahaha 😂 funny i live in Haarlem 🇳🇱 and this video

[@jooproos6559]

De Waalstraat is named of a river in the Netherlands.And now it is Walstreet.

[@miguelagramos]

this is why i love history...

[@autohmae]

I've always wondered what the world history would be like if the US was part of the Netherlands because the English didn't take over and a fight for independence didn't happen. My guess is I think the last part probably would still have happened and thus maybe the difference might not have been huge after all.

[@alansmithee8831]

Hello Joel. Did you know many French and Dutch religious refugees settled in England. When the British took over French and Dutch colonies, like here with New York, they did little more than change names, since they saw them as potential loyal subjects of the crown, like the ones back home from those countries. Note king William III was also Dutch.

[@kokkie85]

Look closely to the NY state flag, it contains the color orange for the dutch royal house of Orange and a dutch windmil

[@arturama8581]

In the Independence War/ Revolution, the Americans couldn't make enough gunpowder themselves. The Dutch provided America with gunpowder, canons and other weaponry (mainly) from St. Eustatius. The Dutch were also the second nation to recognize an independent America and supported America financial. Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the United States started in 1776 with the first salute at St. Eustatius's Fort Oranje .

[@WyomingTraveler]

Where did you go to school? Did you not have American history? I learned of the Dutch settlement of New York (New Amsterdam) When I was in the fifth grade.

[@oskarprotzer3000]

yes, we named our European cities after American cities, just without the New joke aside, I was shocked that you thought Haarlem is named after Harlem and not the other way around

[@Emdee5632]

Haarlem. Not Harleem.

[@oskarprotzer3000]

@ lol my bad thanks

[@janwanders3542]

We dutchies also owned brazil. Exchanged it to the potugese for a non war agreement in asia and we kept suriname and 6 islands.

[@casrai1]

It is possbile that Vikings sailed to NYC bay in eleventh century ! Giovanni Verrazzano , italian florentine explorer, in service of french king Francis I explored NYC bay in 1524 !