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Patroon system, puh TROON, was a plan set up by the Dutch West India Company in 1629. It was used to colonize New Netherland, in what are now the… See more » Calvert, Cecilius (1605-1675), also called Cecil Calvert, was an Englishman who founded the colony of Maryland. He was also known as the second… See more » Van Rensselaer, van REHN suh luhr, Kiliaen (1585?-1643), was one of the leading Dutch colonizers of the territory that later became New York. In… See more »