Question

What did the Dutch west India company want to establish a colony in North America

Answer 1

Sponsored by the West India Company, 30 families arrived in North America in 1624, establishing a settlement on present-day Manhattan. Much like English colonists in Virginia, however, the Dutch settlers did not take much of an interest in agriculture, and focused on the more lucrative fur trade.

Answer 2

They set up a fur trade .~apex u.s history