water support,easy accessiblity for boats to come in and out for trade
The Dutch.
The Dutch originally settled in New York, calling it New Amsterdam.
The Dutch settled in what is now New York. They had hired John Hudson to explore for them and he discovered the Hudson River. They purchased Manhatten from the Indians and settled New Amsterdam.
Hudson River
Yes the Dutch claimed the Hudson River area.
In 1621, Dutch merchants formed the Dutch West India Company to start a colony in America. The first Dutch colonists settled along the upper Hudson where they built Fort Orange, near present-day Albany, New York. The new colonists quickly found that there were good profits to be made in the fur trade. They established trading posts along the Hudson RIver. The largest was on Manhattan Island at the river's mouth.
The Dutch first settled in the area in the 1600s. Native Americans were the Delaware, Mahican and Wappinger tribes--part of the Algonquin language group.
The main river that was nearby the 1600's colonial New York was the Hudson River. Settlements were established along this river during this time. After Henry Hudson claimed this area for the Dutch, they settled here and called it New Netherlands.
The Dutch first settled around the Hudson River, in modern-day New York.
It was Hudson. That's why it's called the HUDSON river.... It was named after him. His name was Henry Hudson.
The Dutch first settled around the Hudson River, in modern-day New York.
In 1621, Dutch merchants formed the Dutch West India Company to start a colony in America. The first Dutch colonists settled along the upper Hudson where they built Fort Orange, near present-day Albany, New York. The new colonists quickly found that there were good profits to be made in the fur trade. They established trading posts along the Hudson RIver. The largest was on Manhattan Island at the river's mouth.