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dutch claims to the territory were based on the 1609 explorations of henry hudson up the river which now bears his name
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in 1683,new york was offically granted representative style of goverment,though this remained more theory than practice
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one of the larger colonies in terms of land,the colony of new amsterdam began with just 30 dutch families.by the mid-1700s,nearly 100,000 people calles new york home
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1754,for example,seven of the colonie assemblies met in albany to disscuss coming together for mutual defense and goverment,thogh the proposal was ultimatly rejected
