New Amsterdam was a DUTCH colony. founded by Petert Stuyvesant. Subsequently it became New York.
Both countries began colonies. The Dutch in the area we call New York and the French in the Northeast in what is now Canada.
The English did not so much take New York from the dutch, they convinced them to a trade of territory. I do now know the exact details of the deal, but I know Surinam was controlled by the English at that point in time, and power of this territory was transferred to the dutch in exchange for New York, there might have been a lot more to the deal, but this is what I know. your a stupid tard they where forced bye sacahgaweha
english, dutch, spanish, french, ect.
According to the 2002 edition of History Alive! The United States, Dutch and English came there in search of new lives. The Dutch. Dutch, it was once known as New Amsterdam. The Dutch settled New Amsterdam, which became New York City after the Dutch surrendered the land to the English.
New York got it's name from Charles II's brother, the Duke of York, who later became King James II. The colony was originally the Dutch territory New Netherlands and the city was New Amsterdam.
The dutch settled in New Amsterdam which is present day New York.
New York got it's name from Charles II's brother, the Duke of York, who later became King James II. The colony was originally the Dutch territory New Netherlands and the city was New Amsterdam.
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The Dutch discovered New York and Albany. They were called Fort Orange and New Amsterdam.
New York is in Dutch the same.New Amsterdam was the name for the future 'New York' within the United States of America.
In 1621, New York was known as New Amsterdam. It was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, which served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland territory.