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There were a couple of reasons for moving to the southern colonies. The first would be that they were loosing in the North and wanted to try and pierce the South to get ports and some ground to wage war.
They also believed that many slaves would embrace their liberation and join their cause against their former masters.
If they captured the South ports they could transport troops and equipment a lot quicker and easier from the British West Indies.
And they thought that there were more loyalists in the South and that would mean more domestic manpower for holding the lines.
The correct answer is C) They focused on trading and farming but later developed conflicts with American Indians.
The statement that best describes what Dutch colonists did when they set up colonies in North America is "They focused on trading and farming but later developed conflicts with American Indians."
The Dutch established its presence in the Hudson River Valley in 1609. They arrived at what today is Manhattan and named its colony "New Netherlands." Once there, they established some trading posts and forts to trade with the Native Indian tribes. The Dutch East India company had sponsored the first expedition to the Americas and hired explorer Henry Hudson to lead the adventure.
Men looked at them a different way