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Giovanni Da Verrazanno first white man to see Manhattan
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Henry Hudson sailed in his ship Half Moon to the lower bay of New York
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Trading between the Indians and the Dutch began
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Would have constructed a fort named New Amsterdam
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Dutch goverment granted a charter to England
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Dutch emigrants first settlers to arive to Manhattan
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A Dutch colony began
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King of England, James 1 dies
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England and Holland has a war
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The English captured the colony from the Dutch and it became New York. It was named after the Duke of York in England.
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That year brought peace between the English and the Dutch
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The Dutch goverment regained control of New York City. New Yoek City was renamed New Orange
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England and France retured New Orange to the English
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New york was officialy granted representative style of goverment
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New York became a royal colony
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New York supported/proved the Declaration of Independence
