Prince Of Orange Controversy

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Prince of Orange and the local governors became the center of a power struggle.

A brief history of the Dutch government and the Prince of Orange follows.

Days before prince William III (1650-1702) birth, his father (The King) died of smallpox. Five leading Dutch provinces had long distrusted Orange power and influence which had dominated the government for the last 70 years.

So from 1650 to 1672, they did not appoint him as the successor. Instead, the Dutch governed the united provinces collectively as a republic. However, during those 22 years, he was reared for leadership waiting for his opportunity. The economic boom across the Netherlands saturated the European leaders with envy. In the end, the Dutch leaders failed to appease …show more content…
William Penn's associates advertised a new German colony in Pennsylvania. The tales of religious freedom and cut-rate land deals echoed across many German and Dutch churches. However, German and Dutch immigration had just begun. A group of prosperous merchants became smitten with William Penn's promise of religious freedom in America. They decided to create a German/Dutch town for people like Henry Tibben. They created a real estate company called The Frankfort Land Company between 1683 and 1686. The group of merchants came from Crefeld, Germany, made up of religious dissidents, including Mennonites, Pietists, and Quakers . They brainstormed how to purchase land from William Penn in Pennsylvania that laid far away from the hostile, every shifting political powers of Europe. With the hope of fulfilling these dreams, the group of merchants then approached Francis Daniel Pastorius in 1683, a rising young lawyer, about becoming their real estate agent. Pastorius fit the mold of a person who could accomplish this task. He came from a wealthy family, spoke several languages (not English before arriving in America) and practiced a similar religion, a Pietist, as the groups mentioned above. He had studied theology and law in some of the most prestigious German universities of his day, including the University of Altdorf, the University of Strasbourg and the …show more content…
Penn' s enthusiasm radiated from his face when viewing the beauty of the local rivers, its islands, undulating landscape, odors from the cedar trees and flowering vines. He proclaimed it a new Paradise and named the place on the river Paradise Point. The official city contained a hundred wooden structures, with gardens surrounding the early city, housing a city hall, guardhouse, magazine, bakehouse and forge. Many trees lined the low river banks, upon which at least 500 people waited. The crowds included Swedes, Dutch, and English representatives. Also, Indians, with paint and feathers on their bodies, stood out in the crowd that soon gave a warm and hearty welcome to the pacifist, fair minded "Great Penn" and his ship companions. It was an enormous relief for the twenty-four children who knew nothing but death and dread on the voyage. The passengers dragged their feet to homes where they enjoyed primitive accommodations. The next day they celebrated with a ceremony. Penn took physical possession of the place by "livery of seisin." The people huddled at the old wooden fort on the beach. John Moll (of New Castle), attorney, representing the Duke of York, handed the key of the fort to Penn. Penn entered the fort and unlocked the door. Upon coming out of the fort is hands by Moll a piece of turf with a twig in it, a basin with water and earth, stating that in the name of "seisin",
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