Rensselaerswyck Patent

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical land grant
gptkbp:area approximately 1.5 million acres
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Dutch_West_India_Company
land disputes
patroon system
colonial_agriculture
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Albany
gptkbp:contributedTo economic_development_of_New_York
gptkbp:cultural_impact Dutch_heritage_in_New_York
gptkbp:dissolved 1664
gptkbp:economicActivity agriculture
gptkbp:established gptkb:Dutch_settlers
1629
gptkbp:heldIn gptkb:Kiliaen_van_Rensselaer
gptkbp:historical_significance early colonial land ownership
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Colonial_America
17th century
gptkbp:historicalSignificance land grant document
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rensselaerswyck Patent
gptkbp:includes settlements
gptkbp:influenced land use policies
settlement patterns
land ownership structures
cultural_exchange
Dutch_colonial_policy
European_settlement_patterns
gptkbp:involved Indigenous peoples
gptkbp:is_governed_by gptkb:Rensselaerswyck
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Dutch_colonial_empire
gptkbp:land_use farming
gptkbp:led_to establishment of patroonships
gptkbp:legacy impact_on_New_York_State
gptkbp:legal_representation land patent
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_Netherland
gptkbp:notable_event Dutch_surrender_to_English
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Kiliaen_van_Rensselaer
gptkbp:related_to land management practices
colonial governance
New_York_history
gptkbp:resultedIn social_hierarchy
gptkbp:significance one of the first large land grants in America
gptkbp:territory gptkb:Hudson_River_Valley
gptkbp:type patent