New Netherlands was renamed New York after the Duke of York.
The Duke of York, who was his brother. The Duke of York then renamed New Netherlands 'New York'.
When the British seized New Netherlands in 1664, the colony was renamed for James, the Duke of York and Duke of Albany, who became king as James II in 1685.
new york was originally a dutch colony called new amsterdam, then the land was sold the english, who renamed it after york city in northern england, not the duke of 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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They renamed it New York and it became one of the most populated colonies.
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.
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King Charles II took over the colony of New Amsterdam in 1664, and gave the colony to his brother, the Duke of York. He renamed it New York, after himself.
James, the Duke of York received control of New Netherlands in 1664 from the Dutch and renamed the colony New York. New York City was originally named New Amsterdam while it was controlled by the Dutch.