WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Dutch settled in New York primarily for economic gains. Religion played an important role in the lives of all early colonists.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Among them were Germans, Scandinavians, French, Scots, English, Irish, Jews, Italians, and Croats. Although not all settlers were Dutch, they all lived under Dutch rule. Other residents of New Netherland were born in Africa and brought to the colony as slaves. Some of these slaves were later freed.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Dutch first settled along the Hudson River in 1624 and established the colony of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. In 1664, the English took control of the area and renamed it New York.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.