New Netherland

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New Netherland

• Student sample

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Age of Exploration

• Explorers are looking for a western route to Asia
• Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who
  sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.
  He came to the Caribbean islands.
• News of the new land quickly spread throughout
  Europe, gaining the interest of many others.

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European Exploration of N. America
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Henry Hudson

• His voyage on the Half Moon led him into New
  York Bay and up the Hudson River.
• He goes back to the Netherlands and tells all
  about the new land and its people. He also tells
  how eager these new people were to trade their
  furs for European goods!

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Fashion Show

• Why were they interested in trading for furs?
• Clothing made from animal fur was in demand back
  in Europe.

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Dutch West India Co.

• Dutch West India Company was established. Their
  goal to set up permanent settlements in North
  America.
• Here colonists would trade and trap for furs for
  the company to sell back in Europe.
• This would make them a lot of

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New Netherland

• Fort Orange (Albany) was the first European
  permanent settlement established in New York.
• New Amsterdam (Manhattan) was the second
  permanent settlement.

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The Plan

• Colonists from both Fort Orange and New Amsterdam
  are trading and trapping for furs.
• Boats from Fort Orange would bring goods to New
  Amsterdam.
• Boats from the Netherlands would pick up goods
  here and bring them back to Europe.
• This was a continuous cycle.