"Stubborn Pete"
Peter Stuyvesant is known as a great Dutch military leader and the last governor of the New Netherland. New Netherland was made up of parts of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut.
This is a picture of the Holland countryside similar to where Peter Stuyvesant grew up.
Born
in 1610, to a religious, Dutch family in Friesland, Netherland, Peter's
father was a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church. Netherland is a country
in Europe which is also known as Holland. The countries of Germany and
Belgium are its neighbors. His father hoped Peter would follow in his
footsteps, but the young man had his own ideas. Stuyvesant attended the
University of Franeker but left before graduation to experience adventure.
Seal
of New Netherlands, the Dutch colonies in North America
