New Netherland series |
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Exploration |
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The Patroon System |
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People of New Netherland |
Flushing Remonstrance |
The Eight Men was a group of eight residents chosen by the people of New Netherland in 1643 to advise Director Willem Kieft on his governance of the colony. An early form of representational democracy in colonial North America, it replaced the similarly selected Twelve Men and was followed by the Nine Men.