Settling in New York
By: Nidhi Anilnath
The Settlers
The colony of New York was founded by Duke of York in 1626, which is where the name came from. This colony became a settlement for the English as the Duke of York was British. As the British and Dutch began to colonize India, the Dutch also began to create settlements in the colony of New York. The Dutch were the first to officially make settlements in the colony. The British took all of the land back from the Dutch in 1664.
Location
New York's Religion
There was no domination by a specific religion which gave way to religious freedom for Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jews and others. This colony was a royal colony.
Government
Trade
History
In 1638 the Swedish settlement led by Peter Minuit started the New Sweden Colony. In 1646 Peter Stuyvesant became Dutch Governor of the New Netherlands. In 1655 the Dutch defeat the Swedes on the Delaware. Then Stuyvesant took possession of the New Sweden Colony. In 1664 the Dutch lost New Amsterdam to the British. The Colony became a state of the United States of America on July 26, 1788.
Important People
Peter Stuyvesant- Dutch Governor of the New Netherlands
Duke of York- took the colony away from the Dutch
Peter Minuit- founded New York