The first Europeans to settle the area that is now New York were French explorers.
English fishermen.
Spanish soldiers.
Dutch traders.

Dutch Traders!

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a historian who compares the expansion of political systems to the expansion of economic systems to the expansion of economic systems is organizing history by theme.

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a social contract.

"a social contract is an agreement between citizens and their leader where the citizens give up certain freedoms in exchange for protection. the constitution of the united states is an example of a social contract."