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So they can get new land. The tempatures were moderate and their were alot of rivers near by so the could get new recsources for food

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New York has/had a natural harbor that can be used in shipping. When the primary transportation for supplies, men, and goods is by ship a natural harbor is very valuable to have for a colony/area. The Hudson River can also be used from New York as a "highway" inland.

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English wanted to build more settlements, wanted to own the fur trade, and acquire more land with Natural Resources, but NewNetherlandswas in the way.

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The British wanted to take of New Amsterdam because it lay between the southern colonies and the northern colonies.

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They wanted their harbor and river trade. New Netherlands, next to New Amsterdam, was also conquered for the same reason.

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New Amsterdam lay between the Southern colonies and the colonies.

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Why did the English want to take control of the Amsterdam?

So they can get new land. The tempatures were moderate and their were alot of rivers near by so the could get new recsources for food


Why dutch where they settled and why what they called there colony and why the English wanted to still control them?

They were a colony because they came and built New Amsterdam well before the English came to Plymouth. The English didn't want to control them, but wanted the location. New Amsterdam had a good natural port and good resources and THAT is what they were after from the Dutch.


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The British wanted to take of New Amsterdam because it lay between the southern colonies and the northern colonies.


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