The Colony of New York was founded in 1664. New York and New Jersey became English colonies because the English wanted worship their religion.
Originally New Amsterdam a Dutch Colony it became the English Colony of New York.
The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam became the English colony of New York.
The Dutch
The Dutch
The Dutch sold their colony of New Amsterdam to the English, and this colony eventually became New York.
1702 it became a English colony when the Duke of York demanded the charters
The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (settled in 1624) became New York City when the English took control in 1664.
New York was an English colony because the English conquered New York from the Dutch, and after ceding to the English in the Treaty of Westminster, in 1674.
by money
When the English captured the Dutch colonial town of New Amsterdam, the Duke of York was honored by having the city renamed after his city of York, thus New York, a city in the New World. The English colony in which the city was located was also called New York, so when the colony revolted and declared its independence it became the State of New York.
New York's Original English Colony was Albany, people always trusted him and he was brave.
New Amsterdam became New York when the English took control in 1664.