They called it: Nieuw Amsterdam (New Amsterdam)
In history when the Dutch settled in Manhattan, they called it New Amsterdam.
New Amsterdam. They were Dutch until the Duke of York took it away from them to create New York.
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.
Both countries began colonies. The Dutch in the area we call New York and the French in the Northeast in what is now Canada.
They were the Dutch Traders of Dutch West India Company from the Netherlands.
The dutch settled in New Amsterdam which is present day New York.
The dutch. also known as the Netherlands, were the people who settled in New Amsterdam, which is now call New York.
In the area we call New York City they called it New Amsterdam, but the Duke of York came along and took it from them calling it New York.
The Dutch discovered New York and Albany. They were called Fort Orange and New Amsterdam.
New York is in Dutch the same.New Amsterdam was the name for the future 'New York' within the United States of America.
In the early 1600s, the Dutch called New York City "New Amsterdam." It was established as a trading post by the Dutch West India Company in 1624. The settlement served as a hub for the fur trade and was named after the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. In 1664, the English seized control and renamed it New York.
New York was part of what the Dutch called New Netherland, which also included New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut and parts of Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.