Fifteenth-century Italy was unlike any other place in Europe. It was divided into independent city-states, each with a different form of government. ... In this way, the city became the cultural center of Europe and of the Renaissance.
The Dutch believed that they had more of a claim on New Amsterdam than the British because <u>they were the first ones to claim the land.
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The Dutch got there first as Henry Hudson was working for the Dutch Republic when he set sail to the Half Moon into New York in 1609.
Mayflower Compact (self government<span>): </span>A formal document<span>, </span>signed by the Pilgrims, which set up a civil government<span>. The signers promised to obey all laws passed “for the general good of the colony.”</span>
