New Amsterdam (New York)

• • New Amsterdam (New York): also a Dutch colony.
• Founding History of New Amsterdam:

  • Originally the land of the Lenape Indians. (Mannahatta) the land of many hills.

  • 1624 -> Dutch West India Company

  • Corporate Colony

  • Established as a trading post with natives to acquire various forms of animal fur.
• Founding New Amsterdam:

  • Geographic influence: The central port for colonial-European trade. (The American point in the “triangle trade.”)