It was. The first Europeans to settle in New York City were the Dutch, in either 1624, 1625, or 1626 (different sources give different dates). They named it New Amsterdam. When the English took control in 1664, they renamed it New York.
New Amsterdam was a DUTCH colony. founded by Petert Stuyvesant. Subsequently it became New York.
The capital of New Netherland colony was New Amsterdam, which is present-day New York City.
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New Amsterdam.
Originally New Amsterdam a Dutch Colony it became the English Colony of New York.
New Amsterdam.
The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam became the English colony of New York.
As a trading post
A dutch colony
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