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Was New York settled peacefully

Updated: 8/21/2019
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The Dutch arrived to colonize the area we call New York. They called it New Amsterdam. When the Duke of York took New Amsterdam from the Dutch barely a shot was fired. The Dutch turned over the colony to the English without a battle and New York was established.

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