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New york was originally New Amsterdam but i don't know why new Amsterdam (york) was built where it was. i assume it was just the best place to settle because that is where the setters landed their boats.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 17y agobecause they wanted a new place to settle also because new york had more oppitunities
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∙ 13y agoThe weather was more benign than in Massachusetts, and the Indians could be coerced into selling the entire island of Manhatten for the equivalent of $24.00.
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∙ 10y agodance thats right
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What colonies did the dutch and English settle?
New York
Where did immigrants settle mostly?
Ellis Island of New York City, New York
What parts of New York City did Irish immigrants settle in?
Harlem
The city of New York was first known as New what?
New Amsterdam. The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle in New York City. They named it New Amsterdam. When the English took control in 1664, they renamed it New York.
Where did the majority of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe settle in the US?
New York City
What waterways did colonists settle near?
The colonist settle at the fort orange(Albany) to the new Amsterdam(new York) wich the Hudson River was in between.
Why did the colonist of new spuin settle in the border lands?
i think dudu
Who settle first in New York?
No, the Dutch were the first settlers of New York.
What was the colonist of the New York colony?
it was a human :)
What was it like for the colonist in new york?
scary
Someone who helps to settle a new country but keeps his citizenship in his native country?
COLONIST
Why did the colonist attempt to settle again on Roanoke Island?
The colonists attempted to settle again on Roanoke Island in order to establish an English presence in the New World and to potentially find valuable resources that could benefit England economically. Additionally, they may have been motivated by the hope of establishing a successful colony that could provide opportunities for English settlers seeking a new life in America.
Where did the dutch settle in New York?
On Manhattan
Dutch settle New York?
1624
Where did the Dutch explore and then settle?
New York
Did colonist had to be a Quaker to settle in Pennsylvania?
no
Where did the colonist in new jersey settle?
Most of them located in or near the present day cities of Princeton and Trenton.
