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Hudson sailed to Nova Scotia, and then sailed south. He found what is now called the Hudson River, and sailed into New York's harbor. Hudson sailed then up the river about 150 miles This disproved his theory about a water passage through North America. His later expedition to the Hudson Strait and into Hudson Bay ended in a mutiny. Hudson died in 1611 after his crew mutinied and left Hudson, his son, and 7 crew members adrift in a small, open boat in Hudson Bay.
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Dutch merchants settled along the Hudson River in order to tap into the beaver trade.
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The Dutch Republic Founded the Company to trade and colonize the New World. It's the Dutch West India Company that created New Netherland.
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Thirty families arrived. Settlers were supposed to serve the fur trade, either by trading with the regional Indians or by providing support for the traders. All the profits were reserved for the Company with the settlers given small salaries.
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Minuit purchased Manhattan Island from the Manhates Indians. The Hudson River corridor between Albany and Manhattan became the heart of New Netherland colony. Like New France, its economic focus was fur trade. Dutch merchants forged ties with the Iroquois who exchanged furs for European tools and weapons.
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Few Dutch colonists have settled, so the Company would give vast lands to anyone who brought 50 settlers or more. These patroons would also have extraordinary governing powers
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Nicknamed the "peg-legged", Stuyvesant angered many colonists when he tried to regulate liquor sales and punished those who were not members of the Dutch Reformed church. The burghers forced him to compromise and share power with them.
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The war ended in 1654
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When the English arrived to claim New Netherland, Governor Stuyvesant attemped to get locals to resist. No one really cared to resist. New Netherland becomes New York.
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War ended in 1667
