New York In the Late 1600's and Mid 1700's

In 1524, Giovanni de Verrazzano came across and explored what we now call New York Bay,but it wasn't until nearly a century has passed that New York became a settlement for the Dutch. In 1609, an English explorer from the Dutch East Indian Company arrived to a river, later being named the Hudson River. Hudson settled there, and began to trade with the nearby Indians for fur. The nearby Indians were none other than the great Iroquois, a large group of Indians that had many tribes around the colony of New York. It is uncertain about how many Iroquois lived in the area, but it was comprised how about six tribes: the Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, Tusacarera, and the Seneca.

The Dutch had originally named the part where they landed Amsterdam, for their home back in the Netherlands.  During the time that New York was being founded, King JamesII was ruling Britain. The land was named New Netherlands until an attack by the British mounted a heavy attack on the province. After being victorious, its was named New York after the current king, King James II, or as he was the Duke of York, in 1664. Another major person responsible for the map of New York in the early time of it's settling was Samuel de Champlain, a French navigator, explorer, and geographer. 

Religion in the beginning was free, so that meant you were primarily allowed to practice whatever your beliefs were. Then when King James II came into place it was more of a protestant take-over, making Catholicism the main sort of religion of the time. People made their living off of fur trapping,lumber trading, slave trade, shipping, and as merchants in town. Corn was a main diet in their food since the people and animals ate it. Being farmers, most of them also grew, wheat, flax, which is a blue-flowered herb that is used in textile fiber, vegetables, and of course tobacco. The colony was also the center of the French and Indian wars, which lasted the about 70 years all together, because of this, tribes also fought against one another depending on which side they supported. 

Samuel de Champlain

Samuel de Champlain

Samuel de Champlain, born on July 3, 1567 in the city of Brouage, France, was a French explorer and navigator. Being born into a family of mariners, he learned to navigate, draw, and make nautical charts. because of this, he is mainly known for mapping most of northeastern America and the founding of New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608. Champlian married young Helene Boulle, age 12. Because of a contract, the marriage was consummated 2 years later. they did not have any children, Champlain adopted three girls by the name of Faith, Hope, and Charity in the winter of 1627-1628. While governing Quebec, he died from a stroke in Quebec, Canda In December 25, 1635.On many of his adventures he founded and accomplished a variety of things and places such as Lake Champlain, a colony in Port Royal, Nova Scotia, settling in Quebec, and helping the natives in a war against the Iroquois. 

In the soring of 1608 Dugua qanted Champlain to establish colonies in New France; therefore, Dugua equipped Chamblain with three ships to ship towards New France. On July 3, 1608, Chamblain's ships landed at the "point of Quebec, and fortified the area by building wooden stockade, and a 12 ft. moat around three main buildings each 2 stories tall, this was the beginning of Quebec City. In 1609, Champlain tried to make his chances better by forming relations with the local natives, Wendat. The tribe demanded their help against the Iroquois, which was a tribe that lived just south of them. On July 29, somewhere near Crown Point, New York. Champlain Along with two other Frenchmen and 60 natives found a group of Iroquois. By the next day war had begun, after killing the three chiefs, Champlain's men won, later having poor French-Iroquois relations for years to come.

After sailing to France and back in the 1620's Champlain came back to New France, where he would spend the rest of his life at. In 1628, English men pillaged Cap Tourmente, this lead to war between England and France. Although receiving Summons To Surrender On July 10 from heavily armed English based Scottish men, the Kirke Brothers, Champlain refused hoping to bluff out his enemies. After succeeding the bluff, the men withdrew, but encountered and captured A French fleet cutting the colony's year supply of goods. On July 19, Champlain surrendered to the Kirke Brothers. Many colonist were taken to England, then to France. Champlain stayed in London hoping to regain Quebec through means of a treaty. In 1629 a peace treaty had been signed, but it was not until 1932 that Quebec was finally given back. Champlain returned in 1933, to once again supervise his colony until his death two years later.