“New Amsterdam,” tells a captivating and compelling story of ambition, exploration, and adventure in the Dutch Colony of New Netherland.

*Episode 4 - The Stuyvesant Effect*

West India Company Director Willem Kieft had made an incredible mess of the New Netherland Colony in North America. He'd been picking fights with its residents, started the disastrous Kieft-Indian war, plunged the colony into poverty, and caused a depopulation of New Netherland.

When the West India Company Directors received letters from the New Netherlanders complaining about the Director's mismanagement of the colony, they decided to appoint another, more capable ruler, someone with diplomatic and military skills.

On May 11, 1647, this new Director arrived at Manhattan to replace Kieft as the "Redresser General," to sort out all colonial malpractices.

But who was this peg-legged man?

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Episode 2: Open for Business - https://youtu.be/OXbuXE5YXmo

Episode 3: This Means War - https://youtu.be/BJibQiTUDrk

Episode 4: The Stuyvesant Effect - https://youtu.be/ZNCGLRkGgR8

Episode 5: Line in the Sand - https://youtu.be/Ktz2mRRvjGA

Episode 6: Bricks in the Wall - https://youtu.be/AxHAY_wL_ZI

Episode 7: From Above to Below - https://youtu.be/rRxo82lVSb0

Episode 8: Mad for a Dutch War - https://youtu.be/UPe4_nc-4TU

Episode 9: 'Tis Now Called New York https://youtu.be/RivcY3zwFjA

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*CHAPTERS*

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:22 1. Ruler of the Swamp

00:04:16 2. Siege of Sint Maarten

00:08:11 3. Baas Boven Baas

00:11:30 4. New World Order

00:15:22 5. Secret Meetings

00:16:44 6. Bitter Poison

00:20:14 7. Piles of Ashes

00:23:01 8. Ruins

00:25:39 9. No Taxation Without Representation

00:28:11 10. Trojan Horse

00:32:07 11. Away With You

00:34:13 12. Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

00:35:44 13. Bounty Hunt

00:38:54 14. Ruler of All

00:43:04 15. Wrecked

00:46:32 16. Eternal Peace

00:50:40 17. Put that in Your Pipe and Smoke It

00:53:38 18. Triumphant Return

00:57:57 19. To Kill a King

00:59:42 20. Crimen Laesae Majestatis

01:02:43 21. Wax Off

01:05:56 22. Freedom