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.
New York City was called New Amsterdam by the Dutch settlers. The surrounding area that is now part of New York State, New Jersey, Delaware and Connecticut, and a few small areas of Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, was called New Netherlands. New Amsterdam was part of the New Netherlands area.
New Amsterdam.
New York was originally called New Amsterdam. Info from: http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html
New York City was called New Amsterdam by the Dutch settlers. When the English took control in 1664, they renamed it New York.
New York.
They called it: Nieuw Amsterdam (New Amsterdam)
The original name of New York is New Netherlands.
New York
New York used to be New Amsterdam.
They called it: Nieuw Amsterdam (New Amsterdam)
New Amsterdam
new amsterdam, New England,.... (others add on)
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.
New York City was called New Amsterdam by the Dutch settlers. The surrounding area that is now part of New York State, New Jersey, Delaware and Connecticut, and a few small areas of Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, was called New Netherlands. New Amsterdam was part of the New Netherlands area.
The Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam became New York when the English took control in 1664.
because they settled there so they named the town new amsterdam and because new amterdam today is Dutch