september 15 1776
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New York was once called "New Amsterdam" because the Dutch owned New York.
im a teacher
No. New york city was origanally New Amsterdam. It was part of New netherland (dutch) It was concured by the british and renamed.
the British
The British took New York from the Americans.
a man
new york city
it was originaly owned by the dutch, then the English took over. its new owner was the duke of york. that's why its called New York.
New York Provisional Government told their delegates to wait and then the British occupied New York City.
New York City was the only major city held by the British throughout the Revolutionary War. The British held Boston at the beginning of the war, but withdrew in March of 1776; they captured New York in September. The British captured Newport, Rhode Island, in 1776 but left in 1779, to concentrate their forces in New York. The French took over Newport and used it as their base of operations for the rest of the war. That prompted the British to withdraw from Philadelphia, which they had captured in 1777, to further reinforce their stronghold in New York.
Albany is the capital city in the State of New York. Kingston, New York became the first capital of New York in 1777. It was burned by the British in 1777. Albany, New York was named the new permanent capital city of New York in 1797.