Why did Dutch send families to settle in America

In 1602, the government of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands chartered the Dutch East India Company with the mission of exploring it for a passage to the Indies and claiming any uncharted areas for the United Provinces, which led to several significant expeditions. The two Dutch settlements in the Americas are, New Netherlands and New Amsterdam. Henry Hudson tried to find the Northwest Passage and claimed all of the areas he explored for the Netherlands. The first Dutch settlement in the Americas founded in 1615 was Fort Nassau on Castle Island in the Hudson near present-day Albany. Early settlements were established for the purpose of fur trading with the natives.

After some early trading expeditions, the first Dutch settlement in the Americas was founded in 1615: Fort Nassau, on Castle Island along the Hudson, near present-day Albany. Thesettlement served mostly as an outpost for trading in fur with the native Lenape tribespeople, but was later replaced by Fort Orange.