New Amsterdam: 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement that became New York City
New Amsterdam is the name the Dutch gave to the island of Manhattan after buying it from local Natives.
It was the capital of New Netherland. In 1664 an English fleet arrived and took control. The English renamed it New York.
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