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The dutch established new amsterdam, now called new york city, on the southern tip of manhattan island in 1625 near fort amsterdam. one of the principal reasons for locating the fort and the new town on manhattan was to

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It was to establish trade through fishing. Many of the colonists from the Netherlands were fishermen.

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