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Giovanni da Verrazano, was the first white man to see Manhattan but, was stopped by a storm.
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The Dutch West India Company comissioned Henry Huudson to find a Northwest passage to Asia. Instead of going to Asia, he ended up in New York.
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The Dutch and the Indian began to trade.
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A Fort is constructed in New Amsterdam.
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The Dutch government gives a charter to the Dutch West India Company to monopolize Dutch trade in America and Africa.
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The first settlers arrive to Manhattan.
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Dutch settlemnts began to be constructed by the Dutch west India Company.
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Peter Minuit becomes the first director-general. He purchased the Manhattan Island from the Indians.
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John Underhill and his paid follower sued for peace. The new director found it offensive and he was sent back to where he came from. On the way back his ship sank and he perished.
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The British destroyed the Dutch merchant's ships. These events lead to a war between England and Holland.
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The English captured the colony from the Dutch. They changed its name from New Amsterdam to New York.
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There was finally peace between the English and the Dutch. New York's population increased because many Englanders arrived, and purchased real estate.
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The Dutch regain control in New York.
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New York was officially granted a representative style of government.
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James, the English King Charles the Second's Brother, became owner of a property of government.
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Seven of the 13 colonial assemblies, met at Albany. There they decided their right for mutual defense, and government. This idea was rejected immediately.
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New York endores the Declaration of Independence. It became an independent state, no longer a colony.
