why did the connecticut river valley not play an important role like new york’s hudson river valley
Hudson Valley
In 1598 some Dutch employed by the Greenland Company wintered in the Bay . Eleven years later , the Dutch East India Company financed English navigator Henry Hudson in his attempt to search for the Northwest Passage . During this attempt , Henry Hudson decided to sail his ship up the river that would later be named after him . As he continued up the river , its width expanded , into Haverstraw Bay , leading him to believe he had successfully reached the Northwest Passage . He docked his ship on the western shore of Haverstraw Bay and claimed the territory as the first Dutch settlement in North America . He also proceeded upstream as far as present - day Troy before concluding that no such strait existed there . Dutch
In 1598 some Dutch employed by the Greenland Company wintered in the Bay . Eleven years later , the Dutch East India Company financed English navigator Henry Hudson in his attempt to search for the Northwest Passage . During this attempt , Henry Hudson decided to sail his ship up the river that would later be named after him . As he continued up the river , its width expanded , into Haverstraw Bay , leading him to believe he had successfully reached the Northwest Passage . He docked his ship on the western shore of Haverstraw Bay and claimed the territory as the first Dutch settlement in North America . He also proceeded upstream as far as present - day Troy before concluding that no such strait existed there . Dutch