Na 1609, mpaghara ahụ gara site Henry Hudson na-agba ụgbọ mmiri maka Dutch East India Company. Ndị Dutch wuru Fort Nassau na 1614 na confluence nke Hudson na Mohawk osimiri, ebe isi obodo nke ugbu a nke Albany mesịrị mepụtara. Ndị Dutch na-edozi New Amsterdam na akụkụ nke Hudson Valley, na-eguzobe multicultural colony nke New Netherland, ebe etiti azụmahịa na mbata na ọpụpụ. weghaara ógbè ahụ site na Dutch na 1664. N'oge American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), otu ìgwè nke ndị ozi ala ọzọ nke ndị Jesuit rutere n'ebe ndịda site na Montreal maka ahia na proselytising.
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