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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
• Willem Kieft became Director General in 1638– Relieved after a massacre of the Natives (In
present day Jersey City)– Dutch nearly lose colony
New Leader• Dutch Colony
failing– Netherlands send
a new leader – Peter Stuyvesant
– Cleans up and improves the colony
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
New Amsterdam
Why Own Manhattan?