New Amsterdam

:This article is about the settlement in present-day New York City. For alternate usages, see New Amsterdam (disambiguation)

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New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam) was the name of the 17th century fortified settlement in the New Netherland Province, established in 1624, that would eventually become New York City. Founded in 1625 by the Dutch West India Company, the city was located on the strategic, fortifiable southern tip of the island of Manhattan and intended to defend river access to the company's fur trade operations in the Hudson Valley. New Amsterdam developed into the largest Dutch colonial settlement in the New Netherland province, now the New York Tri-State region, and remained a Dutch possession until 1664, when it fell provisionally in the hands of the English. The Dutch regained it in August 1673, renaming the city "New Orange", then ceded New Netherland permanently to the English in November 1674. The 1625 date of the foundation of the city is now commemorated in the Official Seal of the City of New York (formerly, the year on the seal was 1664, the year of English incorporation).

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Dutch - 17th century - Settlement - New Netherland - Province - New York City - 1625 - Dutch West India Company - Manhattan - Fur trade - Hudson Valley - 1664 - English - 1674 - Official Seal of the City of New York

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See: Dutch colonization of the Americas, History of New York City

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Dutch colonization of the Americas - History of New York City

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