Which statement best explains Colonial Political Economy in New York State?

  • New Netherland’s fur trade linked waterways, European merchants, and Indigenous trade relationships.
  • The Haudenosaunee Confederacy joined sovereign nations rather than forming a single homogeneous political community.
  • The Erie Canal lowered transport costs and integrated Great Lakes production zones with Hudson River and Atlantic markets.
  • Haudenosaunee communities made different wartime choices, showing why Indigenous alliances should not be described as monolithic.