Cohoes, New York, USA
New York City. The Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam became New York when it was taken over by the English in 1664.
The Dutch were the first Europeans to colonize New York City.
The Dutch were the first Europeans to colonize New York City and its surrounding areas. They gave the settlement's port city the name New Amsterdam, and the greater province to which it belonged was named New Netherland. In 1664, the British took control of New Amsterdam and New Netherland and renamed them New York, after James II, the Duke of York, who received the land as a gift from his brother, King Charles II. New Amsterdam became the City of New York, and New Netherland became the Province of New York.
New Amsterdam is the original Dutch name for the modern New York City. The town was founded in 1625. The Dutch name was Nieuw Amsterdam. It was part of the Dutch settlement of what became the state of New York, in the subsequent United States of America.
New Amsterdam. The dutch named it.
New York City
New York [City] and Philadelphia
NY became a state: July 26, 1788... New York became a city: January 1, 1898
Cohoes, New York, USA
New York City. The Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam became New York when it was taken over by the English in 1664.
They became the San Francisco Giants in 1957.
The Dutch were the first Europeans to colonize New York City.
New York City
Albany is the capital city in the State of New York. Kingston, New York became the first capital of New York in 1777. It was burned by the British in 1777. Albany, New York was named the new permanent capital city of New York in 1797.
The Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam became New York when the English took control in 1664.
When the English captured the Dutch colonial town of New Amsterdam, the Duke of York was honored by having the city renamed after his city of York, thus New York, a city in the New World. The English colony in which the city was located was also called New York, so when the colony revolted and declared its independence it became the State of New York.