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The Dutch originally settled in New York, calling it New Amsterdam.
The Dutch first settled in the area in the 1600s. Native Americans were the Delaware, Mahican and Wappinger tribes--part of the Algonquin language group.
The colony of New York was settled first by the Dutch and then by the English. The main religion of both the Dutch and English was Protestantism. New York was one of the Middle colonies.
According to the 2002 edition of History Alive! The United States, Dutch and English came there in search of new lives. The Dutch. Dutch, it was once known as New Amsterdam. The Dutch settled New Amsterdam, which became New York City after the Dutch surrendered the land to the English.
The name Pennsylvania Dutch is applied the German farmers that settled in PA. Many, if not most, were from the Palatine area of Germany.
Thomas Hooker led a group of settlers to a colony that they named Connecticut in 1636. It was settled because of religious freedom.
The mid-Atlantic region was settled by a diverse group of people, including English, Dutch, Swedish, and German settlers. The area also saw the arrival of Quakers, who founded Pennsylvania, and the establishment of various colonies such as New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.
The Quakers, Pennsylvania Dutch, and Scotch-Irish were the first to settle Pennsylvania.