Importance Of Settlement In 1621
In 1624, 30 families had arrived in North America establishing a settlement on modern-day Manhattan. The setting was around fertile soil, a river, and access to wildlife. Unlike other colonies, the Dutch didn't take much interest in agriculture like most of the colonies. More so, that they were the first colony to do a more profitable fur trade. In 1626, the Director Peter Minuit arrived and was placed in charge of running the small struggling colony. New Netherlands was slowly expanding and this was causing issues with the Native Americans and some of the other English colonists. In the 1630's Director, General Wouter van Twiller took an expedition out of New Amsterdam but returned without anything. In the 1630's an early 1640's, Dutch