Peter+Stuyvesant

Peter Stuyvesant was a Dutch man who colonial governor of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam(modern day New Yok). An veteran of several fights and former employee of the Dutch East Indies joint-stock company, Peter was a peglegged man. He greatly opposed the Dutch's turning over of the colony to the British after the Anglo-Dutch Wars. His legacy still lives on today in New York. There is a highschool team named after him. Stuyvesany High School's mascot is the Peglegs. He also built a wide road for carriages that is now known as Broadway. He also erected a wall on what is now called Wall Street. Although the Dutch turned over New Amsterdam to the English, the Dutch influence is still evident today due to Peter Stuyvesant.

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Created by Joe Hampton on December 7,2008.