14 Facts About Dutch American

In 1629, Dutch American officials tried to expand the northern colony through a plan that promised "Liberties and Exemptions" to anyone who would ship fifty colonists to America at his own expense.

The Dutch were confronted with a new phenomenon, Native American raids, since the local tribes had now realized that the Dutch were not simply visitors but people set to settle their land.

Dutch American realized that they had gone with the wrong approach as they offered great privileges to wealthy, not poor, citizens.

The Dutch American state issued a proclamation, which stated that "all mechanics and farmers who can prove their ability to earn a living here shall receive free passage for themselves, their wives and children".

The Dutch American briefly recaptured the colony in 1673, but during peace talks with the English, they decided to trade it in 1674 for Suriname in South America, which was more profitable.

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The major Dutch American cities were centers of high culture, but they still sent immigrants.

The Dutch American brought along their own folklore, most famously Sinterklaas and created their own as in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Dutch American Quakers came to the Philadelphia area in response to the appeal of William Penn.

Penn, himself a Dutch American Briton, had paid three visits to the Netherlands, where he published several pamphlets.

Dutch American is still spoken by the elderly and their children in Western Michigan.

Little Chute, Wisconsin, remained a Dutch American-speaking community—known locally as "speaking Hollander"—into the twentieth century.

Dutch newspapers continued in the area—mainly in De Pere by Catholic clergymen—were published up until World War I The only remaining publication that is written exclusively in Dutch is Maandblad de Krant, which is published monthly in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada, and mailed to subscribers throughout the United States from Oroville, Washington.

The Dutch American crew was delighted when the governor of the island ordered that his fort's cannons be fired in a friendly salute.

The Portland Dutch American Society started this annual Dutch American Holiday celebration in Portland, OR in 2013 and will have one again in 2015 on April 26.