The Dutch were the first settlers in New York. They settled into the Fort Nassau area which is now known as Albany in 1615.
The English took control of New Amsterdam in 1664.
New York City. The Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam became New York when it was taken over by the English in 1664.
New Amsterdam was claimed by the English and renamed New York City. New York city has many landforms, such as the Hudson River, the Hudson Valley and the New York Bay.
New Amsterdam. The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle in New York City. They named it New Amsterdam. When the English took control in 1664, they renamed it New York.
New York City was called New Amsterdam by the Dutch settlers. When the English took control in 1664, they renamed it New York.
New Amsterdam is the original Dutch name for the modern New York City. The town was founded in 1625. The Dutch name was Nieuw Amsterdam. It was part of the Dutch settlement of what became the state of New York, in the subsequent United States of America.
The Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam became New York when the English took control in 1664.
New York City. The Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam became New York when it was taken over by the English in 1664.
New Amsterdam was claimed by the English and renamed New York City. New York city has many landforms, such as the Hudson River, the Hudson Valley and the New York Bay.
New Amsterdam. The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle in New York City. They named it New Amsterdam. When the English took control in 1664, they renamed it New York.
New York City was called New Amsterdam by the Dutch settlers. When the English took control in 1664, they renamed it New York.
The Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam became New York when the English took control in 1664.
New Amsterdam is the original Dutch name for the modern New York City. The town was founded in 1625. The Dutch name was Nieuw Amsterdam. It was part of the Dutch settlement of what became the state of New York, in the subsequent United States of America.
The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (settled in 1624) became New York City when the English took control in 1664.
The Dutch first called New York City, New Amsterdam. Then the English took it away from the Dutch and renamed it New York.
New York was orginally named New Amsterdam, as it was founded by the Dutch. When the English took over they renamed it.
The English King gave them to the Duke of York, who sent ships to New Amsterdam(now New York City) and demanded the Dutch surrender New Netherlands. The governor wouldn't hear of it, but via bribes the population handed over the city.
It was named New Amsterdam by colonists of the Dutch settlers in 1625 & in 1664 the Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the English without a fight or bloodshed and renamed the city New York after the English Duke of York and Albany.