SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN SETTLEMENTS
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Mannahata
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Albany
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Hatteras
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Tuscarora
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Detailed explanation-1: -The lower Hudson River was inhabited by the Lenape Indians. In fact, the Lenape Indians were the people that waited for the explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano onshore, traded with Henry Hudson, and sold the island of Manhattan.
Detailed explanation-2: -Prior to European arrival, the Hudson River Valley was home to many Native American societies-from the Munsee Indians of the lower valley (also known as Lenape), to the Mohicans and Mohawks of the upper valley.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), chartered 2 May 1670, is the oldest incorporated joint-stock merchandising company in the English-speaking world. HBC was a fur trading business for most of its history, a past that is entwined with the colonization of British North America and the development of Canada.