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Why was New York founded​

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Thanks to the exploration of the area by Henry Hudson, the Dutch were able to claim what became New York as “New Netherlands”. The colony was first settled in 1614, when the Dutch established a fort, at what is present day Albany. ... Kieft entangled the colony in a war with local Indians.

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