Economics

====Trading was the main form of commerce in the colony. In fact, the colonists traded goods with the local Native Americans in order to use the Manhattan lands. On these lands, they could grow wheat and rye. Also, in order to survive, colonists used the fertile land provided by the Delaware and Hudson Rivers to grow crops that they couldn't grow on the Manhattan lands. These crops could then be traded to the other colonies to make a profit. The port of New Amsterdam was a center of business between many different countries which created prosperity. There wasn't slavery in the colony of New York. However, the colonists benefitted from the goods they received from other colonies that used slavery for labor.====