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__**Group Members**__ Ryan Bordes Erdem Sat Christine Hulse Talaia Regist

//__ Colonies Founding __//

New Netherland was the name given to an area of a Dutch settlemen in North america during the 17th century. In 1621 the Dutch West India Company got the right to establish colonies in the new world. They made the first permanent settlement in 1624.New Netherland was located along the Hudson River Valley. In 1626 it's capital was at New Amsterdam (now New York City). An English expedition forced govener [|Peter Stuyvesant] to surrender New Netherland on September 8,1664. The Dutch retook it in 1673,but it was permanetnly owned by the English the following year by the Treaty of Westminster. In September 1609, the Dutch explorer Henry Hudson claimed the new land in the name of the Dutch. The New Netherland settlement was founded in 1621. New Netherlanders did not do farming. Instead New Netherland thrived on trading furs. "New" Amsterdam, the capital, is present-day Manhattan. [|Peter Minuet]bought New Amsterdam from the Lenape Native Americans for $24 worth of tools and beads.



//__Religion__// The main religon in New Netherland was puritanism. puritanism is a form of protestanism. this form of protestanism is more strict than protestanism it self. The reason why this is a stricter version of the religon itself is because it requiers you to be all white, use the laws of the church outside of its walls, and you also have to be a strict religous person amongst the moralities of the bible. Religon wasn't hat important in the colony of New Netherland however it still bought people together as a christianity-worshipping nation.

__// How the New York colony Was found //__

New York started out it's life as New Netherlands and was founded by the Dutch in 1664. The English king, King Charles II did not like the Dutch trading with the English colonies so they sent out warships to fight the Dutch. The Dutch saw how many English warships there was and decided to give it up without a fight in August of 1664. They changed the name from New Netherlands to New York named after the kings brother the Duke of York. //__ Why The New York Was Found __// New York is the most popular city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.The city is referred to as New York City or the City of New York. to distinguish it from the state of New York of which it is a part.A global Power city, New York exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment. The home of the United Nations Headquarters New York is an important center for international diplomacyand has been described as the cultural capital of the world.





__// Facts on The Dutch West India Company //__ The company was found in 1621. The company had one goal which was to make money. The company also traded commodities such as spices, sugar, fur, and slaves. They also fought battles against Spain to gain a new territory. They traded with Spanish and Portuguese colonies.

//__ Slave Trade __//

They were known for African slave trade, but they wanted their colonists to set up a fur trade. The colony that was founded by The Dutch West India Company in 1624 was New York. //__ Slavery __// In Africa slavery existed long before European exposure, however, overtime the motivation for slavery changed. Originally slavery existed because of the expanding of African territories or the need to pay off depts. "Europeans, during their attempts to make a shorter trade route to India and Asia, encountered the African custom and adopted it." Therefore the Europeans filled there pockets with goods. That is how they got the money and started to make business.