The Dutch established a colony in New York, then called New Amsterdam, for trade and economic opportunities. The location provided access to valuable fur trade with Native American tribes and offered a strategic position along the Hudson River for shipping and commerce.
The English obtained New York from the Dutch in 1664 through military conquest. The Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam was surrendered to the English forces without much resistance, leading to the establishment of the English colony of New York.
New Amsterdam in English, or 'Nieuw Amsterdam' in Dutch.New Amsterdam
The Dutch people initially settled in New Amsterdam, which is present-day New York City. They established the Dutch colony of New Netherland in the early 17th century.
The first recorded African slave brought to the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (later New York) was a man named Juan Rodrigues in 1626. He arrived as a free man but later became enslaved after his wife was taken captive during a conflict between the Dutch and Native Americans.
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New York
The dutch settled in New Amsterdam which is present day New York.
The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam became the English colony of New York.
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.
New York
Originally New Amsterdam a Dutch Colony it became the English Colony of New York.
The Dutch called this colony New Amsterdam.
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The Dutch sold their colony of New Amsterdam to the English, and this colony eventually became New York.