Native American longhouses were large homes designed for multiple families. They were especially popular among the tribes who lived in the northern United States, although many tribes used longhouses, partly as protection against the elements, and partly as a way to bind several families together into a tribe.uropeans who came to the US wrote about Native American longhouses in their diaries and letters. They often described at length how these longhouses looked and how they were built. The Native American oral tradition also gives much information about longhouses. Many longhouses were excavated and are somewhat intact.
Fort William and Mary in 1705. The colony that became the state of New Hampshire was founded on the division in 1629 of a land grant given seven years previously by the Council for New England to Captain John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges (who founded Maine).
100 C HAPTER 3 ONE AMERICANâS STORY In 1624, the Dutch founded the colony of New Netherland (later New York) on the eastern coast of North America. PeterStuyvesant, the new governor, arrived in the city of NewAmsterdam in May 1647. Because of his rough manner, helost the support of the Dutch colonists.here wereEnglish colonies in New England to the north and Virginia to thesouth. As you have seen, when the dukeâs ships appeared off NewAmsterdam in August 1664, the colony surrendered. New Netherlandbecame the proprietary colony of New York. The Duke of York wasnow the proprietor, or owner, of the colony.