Colonial Political Economy

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.