[3][1] On 7 March 1685, the Court of Policy decided to build a fort at the location, and construction started in 1686.

[1] On 10 October 1712, Jacques Cassard captured the Meerzorg plantation for France, and threatened Paramaribo across the Suriname River.

[4] The governor and the councillors fled to Sommelsdijk from where they negotiated a ransom for the colony.

[1] In 1745, France threatened war on the Netherlands as part as of the War of the Austrian Succession,[6] therefore, it was decided to build Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam at the confluence of the Suriname and the Commewijne River in order to better protect the plantations.

[1] In 1785, the Moravian Church received permission to reuse the fort as a missionary post.