New York History: Events in 1600’s

1609

 

  • Henry Hudson explores New York Bay for Dutch trading company

1623

 

  • Fort Orange (Albany) is built by Dutch

1630

 

  • Patroons* acquires Staten Island from the Native Americans

1646

 

  • First enslaved Africans arrive in New Amsterdam

1664

 

  • Albany surrenders to the British

1665

 

  • New Amsterdam officially becomes New York

1681

 

  • Charter is granted to Duke of York for New York to become an official British colony

1689

 

  • France declares war on England

 

 

* Patroons:  rich Dutchmen who were given money by the Dutch government in return for supplying "farmers" for New Netherlands in the new country.

Look at the timeline and answer the questions below.

Who claimed New York in the beginning of the 1600's?

 

Fort Orange later became what New York city?

 

In 1646, what group of people arrived in New Amsterdam against their own free will?

 

Who took Staten Island from the Native Americans?

 

In what year did New York become an official British colony?

 

How many years passed between the building of Fort Orange by the Dutch and their surrender to the British?

 

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