NEW YORK

EARLY EXPLORATION

• Giovanni da Verrazano, an Italian-born navigator sailing for France, discovered New York Bay in 1524. Henry Hudson, an Englishman employed by the Dutch, reached the bay and sailed up the river now bearing his name in 1609, the same year that northern New York was explored and claimed for France by Samuel de Champlain.

THE FOUNDER OF NEW YORK

• In 1624 the first permanent Dutch settlement was established at Fort Orange (now Albany). One year later Peter Minuit purchased Manhattan Island from the Indians for trinkets worth about 60 Dutch guilders and founded the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (now New York City), which was surrendered to the English in 1664.

THE NEW YORK COLONY

• The New York Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The original 13 colonies were divided into three geographic areas consisting of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. The New York Colony was classified as one of the Middle Colonies.

THE PURPOSE

• New York (Middle Colony) It was founded by the Dutch for trade and furs and became an English Colony in 1664.

FUN FACTS

• The city of New Amsterdam was given to the Duke of York in 1664 as an 18 birthday present from his father. He renamed the city as " New York".

REFERENCES

• http://www.history.com/topics/new-york-city
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:NYCRuss/Sandbox/New_York_City
• http://newyorkhistoryblog.org/2013/11/25/call-for-proposals-2014-conference...

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