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

*Episode 7 "From Above to Below*

Director-General Pieter Stuyvesant besieges the Swedes in Nye Sverige, rushes back to New Amsterdam caught up in the so-called Peach War, and targets religious groups prompting residents to write "The Flushing Remonstrance" in support of the Quakers, which formed the basis of freedom of religion clause of the United States Bill of Rights.

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

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*CHAPTERS*

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:19 01. Golden Shark

00:04:20 02. Be of Good Cheer

00:06:36 03. Direct Restitution

00:10:54 04. Hejdå

00:15:14 05. Outnumbered

00:19:51 06. Ransom

00:22:04 07. Value of a Dog

00:24:11 08. Nieuw-Amstel

00:26:56 09. Upgrade

00:28:57 10. Give Me Some Sugar

00:31:17 11. Great Burgher

00:33:46 12. Ugly Business

00:35:44 13. Free in His Religion

00:40:19 14. The Flushing Remonstrance

00:46:00 15. Esopus

00:48:14 16. No Malice

00:51:22 17. Melting Pot

00:53:41 18. Ambuscade

00:56:22 19. Draft

00:58:39 20. Calumet

01:01:56 21. Bawl for Peace

01:03:21 22. Harsh Terms