It was a Dutch colony in North America.
New York was originally part of the New Netherlands colony.
New York
New Amsterdam
The soil the colony of New Netherlands was sandy.
The Netherlands.
1614
No. The official language of New Netherlands was Dutch since the colony was administered by the Netherlands.
New Netherlands became New York after the British took it over.
King Charles the second wanted to make New Netherlands an English colony. At the time New Netherlands was a Dutch settlement.
The New Netherlands colony was granted self-government. New Amsterdam then became the first European-style charter city in the thirteen colonies.
Netherlands
New York and Indonesia