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The first white men to see Manhattan, Giovanni Da Verrazano an italian explorer. While working for the king of France.
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Henry Hudson did explorations up the river which now carries his name.
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A trade began between the Indians and the Dutch, gold was traded for precious fur.
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The Amsterdam based Dutch East India Company commisioned on english sea captain Henry Hudson to find a borthwest passage to Asia.
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Already the territory part of which would also become Delaware, New Jersey, and Conneticut had a name New Netherlands.
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The pilgrim landed in PlyMouth, Massachusets.
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The Dutch gonverment gave a license to a group of merchants who organized the Dutch West India Company, because of the Dutch trade in Amerca and Africa.
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The First settlers to arrive in Manhattan were the Dutch emagrants.
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A Dutch Colony Settlement began by the Dutch West India Company.
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War began between Englan and Holland.
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The English captured the colony from the Dutch, and it became New York. Name after the Duke of York.
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There was Peace between the English and the Dutch.
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A Horseback service was mae between New York and Boston for mail.
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The Dutch Gonverment controlled the city of New York.
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The Dutch realized that they couldn't fight in war successfully against England and France.
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New York was officially granted representive style of gonverment.
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New York Became a royal colony when James ascended the thrown of England.
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Seven of the thirteen colonial assemblies met in Albany to discuss coming together for defense and gonverment.
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A group of rebels formed a New York provincial congress.
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New York endorsed the Declaration of Independence thus declaring itself an independent state. New York was no longer a colony.