USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Goods traveled down the Hudson River to the capital of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island for transshipment to Europe. The colonists also grew tobacco for the European market, and New Amsterdam functioned as a port for English ships from Virginia and New England.

Detailed explanation-2: -New Amsterdam was the of New Netherland, where the Dutch were heavily involved with the fur trade. In 1664, the English organized a takeover and the colony was peacefully surrendered. The British renamed the city New York after the Duke of York who had the takeover.

Detailed explanation-3: -The colony of New Netherland was established by the Dutch West India Company in 1624 and grew to encompass all of present-day New York City and parts of Long Island, Connecticut and New Jersey. A successful Dutch settlement in the colony grew up on the southern tip of Manhattan Island and was christened New Amsterdam.

Detailed explanation-4: -The so-called English conquest in 1664 did little to change local government or the commerce on which the New Amsterdam, now New York City, was based.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: New Amsterdam was a good location for a city because it was on an island which was at the mouth of the Hudson River, that flowed into the sea. It was, therefore, an excellent place for both domestic and international trade. Access to fresh water was also beneficial for population growth.