A dutch colony
New York City (not the state) used to be called New Amsterdam. It was named many names (Dutch and British) over the years prior to our winning the American Revolutionary War.
The New Amsterdam name came from the dutch. It was named after a city in the Netherlands named Amsterdam. it was in houner for thier king
because they settled there so they named the town new amsterdam and because new amterdam today is Dutch
New York used to be New Amsterdam.
New York was orginally named New Amsterdam, as it was founded by the Dutch. When the English took over they renamed it.
Georgia was the New Amsterdam
The Dutch. The city was named after their own capital Amsterdam: New Amsterdam.
New Amsterdam. The dutch named it.
The dutch...and it was named New Amsterdam.
The Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam became New York when the English took control in 1664.
New York was once called "New Amsterdam" because the Dutch owned New York.
New York was first colonized by the Dutch, who named it New Amsterdam, based on the European city named Amsterdam. Later, the British invaded the colony, and the Dutch, not wanting to fight another battle with the British, surrendered New Amsterdam. The Dutch exited the colony, and the British occupied it. They named their new acquired colony New York based on the Duke of York.