What might explain why the dutch believed that they had more of a claim on new amsterdam than the british? a. the dutch bought the land. b. the land was given to the dutch. c. the dutch took the land by force. d. they were the first ones to claim the land.

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The answer is:  D. They were the first ones to claim the land.

They got there first. Henry Hudson was working for the Dutch Republic when he sailed the Half Moon into New York Bay in 1609. The Dutch believed that they had more of a claim on new amsterdam than the British is : They were the first one to claim the land.

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The correct answer is D) They were the first ones to claim the land.

What might explain why the Dutch believed that they had more of a claim on New Amsterdam than the British is that "They were the first ones to claim the land."

Due to the expedition made by explorer Henry Hudson in 1609, the Dutch claimes territories of what today are New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. But it was until 1626 that the Dutch established a small government in what today is Manhattan. In those years they called it New Amsterdam. Many people started to establish there, and that was the most important settlement of the Dutch.