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New Amsterdam (nowadays called New York).
Some parts of New York, IE area and streetnames, still remind of that history. Harlem for example was formerly a settlement called "Nieuw Haarlem" (New Haarlem) after the name of the original dutch city of Haarlem or today's Brooklyn named originally "Breuckelen".
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∙ 10y agoThe Dutch settled in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Their settlement of New Amsterdam became New York City.
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∙ 14y agoNew York! Most of Canada and the North Eastern United States was both French and Dutch controlled.
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∙ 16y agoNew York was called New Amsterdam originally, and most residents of that area were from the Netherlands.
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∙ 13y agonew york
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Why was James the duke of York important to the New York colony?
He was the brother to the king and was able to take NY from the Dutch to establish an English colony.
In 1626 the dutch sent settlers to the New World to establish a colony What was the name of their outpost on the Atlantic coast?
new Amsterdam
When the English oust the dutch from their colony what did they name it?
The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam became the English colony of New York.
Why did the English establish the colony of New York?
The first European colony in New York was founded by the Dutch. The called New York, New Amsterdam. The colony had a good deal of wealth prospects,and the harbor was excellent. The British decided that they could replace the Dutch and they did. At the time in the 17th century, Great Britain was a world power nation. The Dutch settled a deal that forced to leave NY but the British gave them a small colony in the West Indies to soften the blow.
What was Indonesia a former colony of?
dutch..he was from belgium
What states did the Dutch establish new Netherlands?
The Dutch established their colony in New York.
In which day state did the dutch establish new neither land?
The Dutch colony became NYC.
What were the first Europeans to establish a colony which later became New York State?
Dutch
Who were the first europeans to establish a colony in what later became New York.?
The first Europeans to establish a colony in what later became New York State was the Dutch. They settled there in around 1613.
Where did the dutch establish a colony in north America as a result of Henry Hudson's voyages?
new netherland
Where did the Dutch establish their colony?
In Suriname, because it used to be called, "Dutch Guiana" I think. (But it might not be spelt correctly. It could be Guyana, not Guiana.
Why was James the duke of York important to the New York colony?
He was the brother to the king and was able to take NY from the Dutch to establish an English colony.
Who were the first Europeans to establish a colony in what is now New York?
The Dutch West India Company from the Netherlands.
Where did the Dutch establish a colony?
The dutch settled in New Amsterdam which is present day New York.
In 1626 the dutch sent settlers to the New World to establish a colony What was the name of their outpost on the Atlantic coast?
new Amsterdam
When the English oust the dutch from their colony what did they name it?
The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam became the English colony of New York.
Why did the Dutch west India company want to establish a colony in north America?
The dutch founded New Amsterdam, which was the original name of New York, as a way to entice more settlers to establish a strong base of operations at the mouth of the Hudson river, to protect the trade going on between dutch merchants in New York and the Native American tribes living further north along the Hudson, primarily trading in furs and pelts. New Amsterdam served as the seat of colonial government in the dutch colony of New Netherland, as well as a regional centre for commerce and communication, as well as the principal seaport for the colony.
