A 1609, yankin da aka ziyarci Henry Hudson sailing ga Dutch East India Company. The Dutch gina Fort Nassau a 1614 a mahaɗan na Hudson da Mohawk koguna, inda na yanzu babban birnin kasar Albany daga baya ci gaba. The Dutch ma nan da nan ya zaunar da New Amsterdam da kuma sassa na Hudson Valley, kafa multicultural mulkin mallaka na New Netherland, a cibiyar kasuwanci da kuma shige da fice na Ingila.
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