USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The earliest Dutch settlement was built around 1613, and consisted of a number of small huts built by the crew of the “Tijger” (Tiger), a Dutch ship under the command of Captain Adriaen Block, which had caught fire while sailing on the Hudson.

Detailed explanation-2: -Created by William Usselinx, The Dutch West India Company encouraged people to seek land that they considered widely available for Dutch citizens to purchase from the indigenous people. New Netherland had been conceived as a private business venture to exploit the North American fur trade.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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-5: -The 1609 Voyage of Henry Hudson The most well known early European observer of the land that would become New Netherland and the river that bears his name is Henry Hudson.