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Settlement of New Amsterdam

Settlement of New Amsterdam. First Peoples. Native Americans lived on Manhattan Island Way of Life Trading, Hunting and Fishing (economics). “The Purchase” - Manhattan. “Bought” by the Dutch from the natives for a converted $ 24 Was it really bought?. Dutch Leader.

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Settlement of New Amsterdam

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  1. Settlement of New Amsterdam

  2. First Peoples • Native Americans lived on Manhattan Island • Way of Life • Trading, Hunting and Fishing (economics)

  3. “The Purchase” - Manhattan • “Bought” by the Dutch from the natives for a converted $24 • Was it really bought?

  4. Dutch Leader • Willem Kieft became Director General in 1638 • Relieved after a massacre of the Natives (In present day Jersey City) • Dutch nearly lose colony

  5. New Leader • Dutch Colony failing • Netherlands send a new leader – Peter Stuyvesant • Cleans up and improves the colony

  6. Takeover • The British took the colony from the Dutch settlers without even firing a shot. • Duke of York (James II) shows up in harbor with British Fleet • Settlers give up colony without a fight

  7. New Amsterdam

  8. Why Own Manhattan?

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