European settlers began buying land in what…

September 1654 CE

European settlers began buying land in what now is Kingston from the Esopus Indians in 1654, although historians believe the two cultures had drastically different conceptions of property and land use.

Tension between the two cultures rise quickly as a result.

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Kingston Ulster New York United States View →

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Lenape or Lenni-Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans) View → Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic) View → New Netherland (Dutch Colony) View →

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Indian Trade View → Colonization of the Americas, Dutch View →

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Commerce View →

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