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The first white man to see manhattan
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The New York colony originated
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Henry Hudson sailed his ship into the lower bay of New York
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Thriving trade began between the Indians and the Dutch
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The Dutch bulit a fort named New Amsterdam
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The Dutch were under pressure when reminded by England of its claim to ther New world, the Dutch goverment granted a charter to a group of merchants who organized the Dutch West India Company. This was done to allow them to take over trade in America and Africa
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The first settlers to arrive in Manhattan arrived
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A Dutch colony settlement began
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War between England and Holland began
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English King Charles II gave a large land gift which inlcuded New Netherlands to the Duke of York, James Straut, that was also his brother.
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The English captured the colony from the Dutch and it became New York. By the mid 1700s nearly 100,000 people called New York home.
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The King of England at the time sent his brother "and eventually succesor" James to lead a group to the New Netherlands
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It was captured and renamed New York because James's title at the time was "The Duke of York"
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This year peace betweeand the Inglish and the Dutch was made
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Horseback postal service was initiated between New York and Boston. Dutch goverment sent ships with troops to New York and succesfully regained control of the city which they renamed New Orange.
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The Dutch returned New Orange to England
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New York was oficially granted representive style of goverment. Trough this remained more theory than practice.
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James ascended the throne and New York became a royal colony
