Question

Why did the Dutch send families to settle in America?

to begin an experiment in religious freedom
to evangelize the Indians
to secure their land claims
to oversee the fur trade with the Indians

Answer 1

to secure their land claims

to oversee the fur trade with the Indians

Answer 2

To oversee the fur trade with the Indians. Dutch people came to America from the Netherlands. They showed no interest in agriculture and plantations as English people. they interested only in trading of fur with Indians. So they send families to America to settle there to supervise the trade.