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Giovanni De Verazzano the first white man (italian) to see Manhattan.
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The King forbid Henry Hudson to return to the Notherlands.
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Henry Hudson's ship the Half Moon landed in the lower bay of New York.
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Dutch claim to the terrotory based on the exploration of Henry Hudson up the river.
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A thriving trade between the Indians and the Dutch.
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Henry Hudson went to find a North/West passage to Asia.
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Pressured England reminded the Dutch government of England's claim to the New World, the Dutch granted a charter to a group of Merchnats who organized the Dutch West India company.
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The first settlers to land in Manhattan (the Dutch).
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A Dutch colony began a settlement.
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The Indians and Dutch began a slaughter episode. John Underhill paid his followers to slaughterthe Indian tribes. The new dirctor-general was blamed for poor performance to his colony, and he was called to Holland, on his way there his ship sunk and he died.
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The British ships seized the Dutch Merchant ships.
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English King, Charles the second, presented a large land gift which include New Netherland, to his brother, the Duke of York, James Stuart.
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The English captured the colony from the Dutch, and it became New York.
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In the year 1667 there was peace between the English and the Dutch.
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A horseback postal service was initiated between New York and Boston.
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THe Dutch government immediately sent ships with troops to New York and succesfully regained control over the city.
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The Dutch government realized that they could not war succesfully against two large empires, England and France, and reluctantly returned New Orange (New York) to the English.
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New York was officially granted representative style government, thopugh though this remained more theory than practice.
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King George's war began
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Seven of the 13 colonial assemblies met in Albany to discuss coming together for mutual defense and government, though the proposal was ultimately rejected.
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the New York rebels from the provintial congress
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The declaration that New York is no longer a colony, The Declaration of Independence.
