USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The colony of New Netherland was established by the Dutch West India Company in 1624 and grew to encompass all of present-day New York City and parts of Long Island, Connecticut and New Jersey. A successful Dutch settlement in the colony grew up on the southern tip of Manhattan Island and was christened New Amsterdam.

Detailed explanation-2: -When Was New Amsterdam Founded? The first Dutch settlers to arrive in New Amsterdam came to what is now Governor’s Island in New York Harbor in 1624. The city of New Amsterdam on the southern tip of Manhattan was founded in 1625.

Detailed explanation-3: -England was not the first European power to settle the land known now as New York. That distinction belongs to the Dutch. Governor Stuyvesant, appointed by the Dutch West India Company, told the colonists of New Netherland, “I shall govern you as a father his children."

Detailed explanation-4: -During the Dutch Golden Age, in the 17th century, New York City was called New Amsterdam. It was named after Holland’s largest city by Dutch settlers in 1624.

Detailed explanation-5: -As well as Dutch families, in time Jews, French Huguenots and other Europeans settled in New Amsterdam, which became a busy trading centre between North America, the Caribbean and Europe.