New York
New York City colony
new England colony.
NEW YORK
New York City and Albany.
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The first person to govern the New York colony was Peter Minuits.
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.
New York City
The original name for New York was New Netherland.
The British bought and gave it to the Duke of York that's all I know. Also, New York City was called New Amsterdam.
The Dutch called this colony New Amsterdam.
the first dutch colony was called new neatherlands then became new amsterdam, and now it is new york which is only nyc now (new york city)