USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -New Netherland was established in 1614 as the first Dutch colony in North America, and spanned parts of what is now New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, and Delaware.

Detailed explanation-3: -As proprietor of New Netherland, James could do what he liked with the land. He kept part of the large colony and changed its name to New York. He gave the rest to two friends, John Berkeley and George Carteret. Berkeley and Carteret divided their land into two colonies and named them East Jersey and West Jersey.

Detailed explanation-4: -New Netherland The settlements were initially located on the Hudson River: Fort Nassau (1614–7) in present-day Albany (later resettled as Fort Orange in 1624), and New Amsterdam, founded in 1625, on Manhattan Island.

Detailed explanation-5: -Manhattan was taken on September 8th, 1664. A plan of New Amsterdam, 1661New York City started its glittering history in a modest way as the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam.