New Amsterdam (nowadays called New York).
Some parts of New York, IE area and streetnames, still remind of that history. Harlem for example was formerly a settlement called "Nieuw Haarlem" (New Haarlem) after the name of the original dutch city of Haarlem or today's Brooklyn named originally "Breuckelen".
He was the brother to the king and was able to take NY from the Dutch to establish an English colony.
new Amsterdam
The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam became the English colony of New York.
The first European colony in New York was founded by the Dutch. The called New York, New Amsterdam. The colony had a good deal of wealth prospects,and the harbor was excellent. The British decided that they could replace the Dutch and they did. At the time in the 17th century, Great Britain was a world power nation. The Dutch settled a deal that forced to leave NY but the British gave them a small colony in the West Indies to soften the blow.
dutch..he was from belgium
The Dutch established their colony in New York.
The Dutch colony became NYC.
Dutch
The first Europeans to establish a colony in what later became New York State was the Dutch. They settled there in around 1613.
new netherland
In Suriname, because it used to be called, "Dutch Guiana" I think. (But it might not be spelt correctly. It could be Guyana, not Guiana.
He was the brother to the king and was able to take NY from the Dutch to establish an English colony.
The Dutch West India Company from the Netherlands.
The dutch settled in New Amsterdam which is present day New York.
new Amsterdam
The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam became the English colony of New York.
The first European colony in New York was founded by the Dutch. The called New York, New Amsterdam. The colony had a good deal of wealth prospects,and the harbor was excellent. The British decided that they could replace the Dutch and they did. At the time in the 17th century, Great Britain was a world power nation. The Dutch settled a deal that forced to leave NY but the British gave them a small colony in the West Indies to soften the blow.