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Giovanni da Verrazano was the 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 Dutch began.
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Constructed a fort named New Amsterdam.
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The Dutch government granted a charter to England.
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Dutch emigrants were the fisrt settlers to arrive in Manhattan.
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A Dutch colony settlement began.
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The king of England, James 1 died.
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England and Holland had 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, 1667, brought peace between the English and the Dutch.
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The Dutch government regained control of New York City. New York was renamed New Orange.
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England and France returned New Orange to the English.
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New York was officially granted representative style of government.
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New York became a royal colony.
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New York supported/ proved the Declaration of Independance.
