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He was the General of the Dutch colony of new Amsterdam a dutch colony in America, was sent by the dutch west India company Minuit was famous for buying the island (s) of Manhattan which is today's new york he bought it from native Americans in 1626.he payed with what as called trinkets which where about $24.he had also found new Amsterdam the southern tip on his island Manhattan in 1631he was released from the dutch India company he headed to the Swedish group (was dismissed from the dutch India company) in 1638. he also bought land from native Americans and founded fort Christina near what is today's Wilmington Delaware he later died in a hurricane in the west indies while on a trading mission in 1638.
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MaxinePeter Minuit is best-known for purchasing Manhattan from the Indians for 60 Dutch guilders in 1626. His goal as Governor General of New Amsterdam was to establish a five-member advisory body to the governor general. The advisory body, would jointly with the governor general develop, administer and adjudicate a body of laws to help govern the colony. He proposed to establish and office of what we would today call the Attorney General to enforce the laws on the books.
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What was peter minuit famous for?
Peter Minuit was famous for purchasing Manhattan in 1626. He purchased it at a very low price from the Native Americans.
What did Peter Minuit buy in 1626?
Manhattan Island
The settlement built by peter minuit was called?
new Amsterdam
What is Peter Minuit's route?
He came from Sweden and Holland to Canada. Thank you Mrs. Wiese (my history teacher)
Who led the first dutch settlers to north America?
MINUIT, PETERPeter Minuit (1580-1638) was the first director general of New Amsterdam, a Dutch colony in America. Minuit was sent to the area by the Dutch West India Company. Minuit is famous for buying the island of Manhattan (in what is now New York, USA) from Native Americans in 1626. He bought the island with trinkets valued at about $24. He founded New Amsterdam on the southern tip of Manhattan. In 1631, Minuit was dismissed from the Dutch West India Company, and in 1638 headed a Swedish group that founded New Sweden (the first European settlement on the Delaware River). Minuit bought land from the Native Americans and founded Fort Christina (near what is now Wilmington, Delaware, USA). Minuit died in a hurricane in the West Indies while on a trading mission in 1638.
