Europeans Come to New York By rein4cer4 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed to North America 1524 Giovanni da Verrazano reached the New York Bay 1609 Henry Hudson sailed up the Hudson River searching for the Northwest Passage 1626 The first enslaved Africans were brought to New Netherland 1626 Peter Minuit buys Manhattan from the Lenni Lenape 1629 The Dutch West India Company started the patroon system to attract settlers 1647 Peter Stuyvesant became governor of New Netherland 1664 The English took control of New Netherland from the Dutch 1690 The population of New York Colony grew to 14,000 1733 The English had 13 colonies on the east coast of North America
