New York, originally named "New Amsterdam", was part of the original 13 colonies.
The New York Colony
The Colony that was originally part of New York is New Jersey. This area was settle by the Dutch. New Jersey was called New Netherland and contained parts of what is now New York. New York was called New Amsterdam.
Originally New Amsterdam a Dutch Colony it became the English Colony of New York.
It was a 17th Century Dutch colonial settlement known as New Amsterdam
New York was originally part of the Dutch Empire. They established trading posts on Manhattan Island in the 17th century. The city was originally called New Amsterdam and the territory was called New Netherlands. It was captured by the British in 1664, who renamed it New York. It was recaptured by the Dutch in 1673, who renamed it New Orange, but it was returned to the English in 1674 after the end of the third Anglo-Dutch War (1672-1674).
The singular form of colonies is colony.
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New York was originally called New Amsterdam and Dutch lived there. I suppose that they were the merchants.
New York (originally New Amsterdam)