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The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who renamed it, "New York."
the answer is England also took over the Dutch colony of New Netherland (including the New Amsterdam settlement) which was renamed the Province of New York in 1664.
New Netherland. The settlement at New York City (Manhattan Island) was called New Amsterdam.
New Amsterdam For E2020 Class it is True, New Netherlands was renamed New York
No. New york city was origanally New Amsterdam. It was part of New netherland (dutch) It was concured by the british and renamed.
False, In 1664, English troops under the command of the Duke of York and Albany (later James II of England) attacked the New Netherland colony. Being greatly outnumbered, Director-General Peter Stuyvesant surrendered New Amsterdam, with Fort Orange following soon. New Amsterdam was renamed New York (from James's English title Fort Orange was renamed Fort Albany (from James's Scottish title).
It was renamed to New York... look it up
They renamed it New York and it became one of the most populated colonies.
The Dutch purchased Manahatta from the Lenape Indians of Canarsie (now Brooklyn) in 1626. The colony was renamed New Netherland.
The Dutch settlement on Manhattan island was called New Amsterdam. It was founded in 1624 and served as the capital of New Netherland. In 1664, the settlement was seized by the English and renamed New York.
The official name of Netherland is "Koninkrijk der Nederlanden" ("Kingdom of the Netherlands"). Dutch people call it shortly "Nederland". "Nederland" consists of two words, "Neder" and "land". "Neder" is an old word for Low. The word "land" requires no further explanation. "Netherlands" thus literally translates to "Low Lands", and that's exactly what it is, as the biggest part of it is below or just above sea level.