because they settled there so they named the town new amsterdam and because new amterdam today is Dutch
A dutch colony
The New Amsterdam name came from the dutch. It was named after a city in the Netherlands named Amsterdam. it was in houner for thier king
New York was orginally named New Amsterdam, as it was founded by the Dutch. When the English took over they renamed it.
New Amsterdam. The dutch named it.
The dutch...and it was named New Amsterdam.
New York was first colonized by the Dutch, who named it New Amsterdam, based on the European city named Amsterdam. Later, the British invaded the colony, and the Dutch, not wanting to fight another battle with the British, surrendered New Amsterdam. The Dutch exited the colony, and the British occupied it. They named their new acquired colony New York based on the Duke of York.
The Dutch. The city was named after their own capital Amsterdam: New Amsterdam.
New Netherland was named after the Netherlands, the country from which Dutch settlers originated. New Amsterdam, the capital of New Netherland, was named in honor of the city of Amsterdam, which is one of the Netherlands' most significant cities. The names reflect the Dutch influence and colonial aspirations during the early 17th century.
The name 'Staten' is actually Dutch; it was the Dutch who settled the farm land that was the island near New Amsterdam (or New York, also initially named from the Dutch).
New Amsterdam was a DUTCH colony. founded by Petert Stuyvesant. Subsequently it became New York.
New York was named after the Duke of York in Britain after the British took New Amsterdam (later named New York) from the dutch.
Assuming the question means New York, it was originally named by the Dutch as Nieuw Amsterdam.