Asked by ben hen

What characterized the population of New Netherlands?

It was primarily English

It was ethnically and religiously diverse

It was predominantly Dutch

It had a homogenous population

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It was ethnically and religiously diverse.

New Netherland (especially New Amsterdam) attracted Dutch, Walloons, Germans, Scandinavians, English, Sephardic Jews, and people of African descent (enslaved and free); as a trading colony with relative religious toleration, it became a cosmopolitan, pluralistic society.