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New York State was originally settled by the Dutch and called New Netherlands, and New York City was originally New Amsterdam. In 1674, it was taken over by England and the names and administration changed.

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People from the Netherlands (or Dutch people from Holland - the same thing) first settled the area now known as New York, which they knew as New Amsterdam. The British captured it from the Dutch late in the 16th century (about 1685)and renamed it New York.

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