SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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New Netherland
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Delaware
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Pennsylvania
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Jamestown
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was first settled by the Dutch in 1613, who built trading posts along the Hudson River. The Dutch named the colony New Netherland. During the next ten years, Dutch settlers would establish small colonies at Albany and other points along the Hudson River.
Detailed explanation-2: -New Netherland was the first Dutch colony in North America. It extended from Albany, New York, in the north to Delaware in the south and encompassed parts of what are now the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, and Delaware.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Founding of New York (New Amsterdam) In 1624, a colony called New Netherland was established by the Dutch West India Company. At the southern tip of this settlement, the Dutch governor purchased Manhattan in 1926 from the Manhattan tribe and called the area New Amsterdam.
Detailed explanation-4: -New York and New Jersey The Dutch founded New Netherland in 1613 as a trading post for exchanging furs with the Iroquois.