-
Period: Jan 1, 1524 to
New York as a colony
-
Apr 1, 1524
First man to see Manhattan
Giovanni De Verrazano was the first white man to see manhattan -
Jan 1, 1525
Esteban Gomez Explores
The spanish king sent a portuguese Esteban Gomez to explore the Eastern shores of America -
Jan 1, 1568
James one forbade
James 1 forbade him to return to Netherland lest the Dutch lay claimed the land change to new york -
The colony of New York
The colony of New York Originated -
The exploration of Henry Hudson
The third attempt to explore manhattan was finally accomplished by an english navigator, Henry Hudson -
The thriving trades begin
A thriving trade began between the indians and the Dutch -
Henry Hudson finds a passage to Asia
The Amsterdam-Based Dutch East indian company commissioned on English sea captain, Henry Hudson to find a passage to Asia -
Constructing a fort
When the Dutch constructed a fort named New Amsterdam -
Dutch government granted a charter
Dutch government granted a charter to the group of merchants who organized the Dutch west india company -
The First Settlers
The first settlers to arrive in manhattan were Dutch emigrants -
Dutch colony settlement began
Dutch colony settlement began by the Dutch west Indian company -
Decided to disregard
Decided to disregard Dutch claims to the land by granting his brother and eventually succesor -
James to lead
James to lead an expedition to new netherlands -
Sued for peace
The latter finally sued for peace -
Into war between England and Holland
Events blossomed into war between England and Holland -
The english king charles II presents a large land
Toward this end, the english king Charles II presented a large land gift which include New Netherland, to his brothers, the Duke of York, James Stuart -
English captured colony
English captured colony from Dutch and became New York -
possessed the new territory
The Dutch possessed the new territory -
The colony was captured
The colony was captured and renamed New York after James' tittleof the time (the Dutch of York) -
Peace
Brought Peace between the English and Dutch -
The dutch government sent ship
The Dutch government immediately sent ships with troops to New York and successfully regained control of the city -
A horse back postal service
A horse back service was initiated between New York and Boston -
Returned New Orange to the English
The Dutch government realized that they could not wasr successfully against two large empires, England and France, and reluctantly returnes New Orange to England -
New York was granted
New York was officially granted representative style of government -
Goverment became royal
First, a property government under James became a royal colony when he ascended the throne of england -
Fight with the British
Inhabitants of New York fought with the British against Fance and king -
Coming Together
7 of 13 colonial assemblies met in albany to disscuss coming together for mutual defense and government
