At first, the Native Americans were happy to help the settlers.
They taught them how to grow native plants for food and medicine,
where to find wild animals for meat, and how to use animal fur for clothes. But the relationship between the Native Americans and settlers changed when more and more settlers arrived and took more land. There were terrible wars between the Native Americans and the settlers.
In 1624, the Dutch settled New Amsterdam on the Hudson River. Later, in 1664, King Charles of England gave orders to his men to take New Amsterdam from the Dutch. The Dutch settlers were unhappy with the Dutch government, so they did not fight very hard when King Charles is brother, the Duke of York, took the settlement from them. He then changed its name to New York.