Who was in new york before the colonists?

Anonymous

∙ 15y ago

Updated: 8/18/2019

Before the British colonists, the area was a colony of the Dutch who used it as a fur trading post. Before that, the island of Manhattan was occupied by various Algonquin speaking Native Americans.

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What kind of food did the colonists eat in new york in the middle ages?

Colonists weren't in New York during the middle ages!

Where did the new york colonists came from?

they were dutch

Where did the minutemen meet the colonists?

New York

Who made up new York's colonists?

James the duke of york

What did the proprietors of New York and New Jersey allow colonists to do?

The proprietor allowed colonists to elect representatives to an assembly.

What did the first group of colonists call New York?

new mexico

What is one right that colonists in New York had?

How did the New York colonists travel?

wagons

How was the relationship between colonists in New York and the Indians?

I don't know!?! Did the Indains help the colonists???

Who made new yorks colonists?

James the duke of york

Did the colonists cooperate in colonial New York?

Some did and Some did not

When did the colonists discover New York?

Why, when Christopher Columbus discover the Native Americans. Thats when the colonist knew about New York.