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1524
The first to see Manhatten
The first white man to see Manhattan was an Italian Explorer named Giovanni da Verrazano. He was working for the king of France. -
Samuel de Champlain a French explorer and navigator mapped the coast.
Samuel de Champlain explored the St. Lawrence River. In 1608, he founded a fur trading post at Quebec. This post became the first permanent French settlement in North America. -
James l grants charter to Plymouth Company
Virginia received three charters, one in 1606, another in 1609, and the third in 1612. The differences among the three charters lie primarily in the territorial jurisdiction of the company, not in the right to govern the colony. -
Henry Hudson an English explorer and navigator discovered Newark Bay and establishes the Dutch colony of New Netherland
He was born in the late 16th century. He made two unsuccessful sailing voyages in search of an ice-free passage to Asia. -
The thriving trade
The first settlers to arrive Manhattan were Dutch imigrants. -
Fort Nassau was built near a present- day Albany
The named it Fort Nassau, after the leading noble family of the Netherlands, the house of Orange-Nassau. -
First settlers
The first settlers to arrive Manhattan were Dutch imigrants. -
The Dutch settled at Fort Nassau and for 40 years they ruled over the colony of New Netherland.
The Dutch signaled their claim to the area and their intention to establish a presence. -
The Dutch went and purchased the Manhattan Island from the local Indians.
Manhattan later became the site of the Dutch city of New Amsterdam, and the borough of Manhattan of modern-day New York City. -
The war between New England and Holland
The events that happened when the British were stealing the Ducth Merchants ships led them to war in the year 1652. -
- Expedition led by Colonel Sir Richard Nicolls, one of four Commissioners appointed by the Crown to carry out military acquisition of the Dutch territories in America.
He died in May 28, 1672. He was the first English governor of the province of New York in the American colonies. He sent Sir Robert Carr to subdue the Dutch on the South River. -
The Colonly of New York
The English captured the colony from the Dutch and it became New York. -
The Duke of York's Gift
English king, Charles II gave a large land gift which included New Netherlands to the Duke of York, James Staurt, that was also his brother. -
The large land gift
Large land Gift
Both the English and the Dutch were fighting for all the land and trading goods in the New World. The English King, Charles the second, gave the English, a large land gift which included New Netherland. -
Peace Is Made
This year peace between the English and Dutch was made. -
The city named "New Orange"
Dutch Government sent ships with troops to New York and successfully regained control of the city, which the renamed New Orange -
Postal service
A horseback postal service was initiated between New York and Boston. -
"New Orange" is returned
The Dutch returned New Orange to the English -
The hand over
The hand over
The Dutch goverment realized that they would't win war against to large empires, England and France. The Dutch returned New Orange (New York) to the English. This hand over happened in the winter of 1674. New Orange survived a little over one year. -
Officially granted
In 1683, New York was offically granted representative style of goverment, This remained more theory than practice. -
New York's Gonverment
New York offially granted representive style of government though this remained more theory than practice. -
New York's Government
New York offially granted representive style of government though this remained more theory than practice. -
A Royal Colony
James ascended the throne and New York became a royal colony. -
New Antserdam
Amsterdam was one of the largest colonies in terms of land. The colony of New Amsterdam began with just 30 Dutch families. By the mid-1700s, nearly 100,000 people called New Amesterdam their home.