The first effort to colonize what is now New York was by the Netherlands. Other explorers from other nations had visited, but the Dutch West India Company came to stay.
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He was the brother to the king and was able to take NY from the Dutch to establish an English colony.
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.
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The New York Colony began as the Dutch trading outpost of New Netherlands. The Dutch founded the colony in 1614. Later the British took over this area and renamed it New York in 1664.
The first Europeans to establish a colony in what later became New York State was the Dutch. They settled there in around 1613.
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The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle Manhattan Island. Their town was called 'New Amsterdam' until it was taken by the British, who named it after a military leader.
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The Dutch. The city was named after their own capital Amsterdam: New Amsterdam.
The first Europeans to live in, what was to become, New York City were the Dutch.
Who were the first europeans to live in what is now new york?