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The first white man to see Manhattan was an Italian Explorer named Giovanni da Verrazano. He was working for the king of France.
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Henry Hudson sailed into the lower Bay of New York in his ship named the half moon.
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A thriving trade began between the Indians and the Dutch.
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The dutch goverment gave permission to a group of merchants to run the Dutchwest India Company.
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The first settlers to arrive Manhattan were Dutch imigrants.
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The events that happened when the British were stealing the Ducth Merchants ships led them to war in the year 1652.
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Both the English and the Dutch were fighting for all the land and trading goods in the New World. The English King, Charles the second, gave the English, a large land gift which included New Netherland.
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The year 1667 brought peace between the English and Dutch.
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A horseback postal service was initiated between New York and Boston.
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The Dutch goverment realized that they would't win war against to large empires, England and France. The Dutch returned New Orange (New York) to the English. This hand over happened in the winter of 1674. New Orange survived a little over one year.
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In 1683, New York was offically granted representative style of goverment, This remained more theory than practice.
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Amsterdam was one of the largest colonies in terms of land. The colony of New Amsterdam began with just 30 Dutch families. By the mid-1700s, nearly 100,000 people called New Amesterdam their home.
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Seven of the colonies assemblies met in Albany to disscuss coming together for mutual defense and goverment. The proposal was ultimatly rejected.
