How did the Dutch acquire New Amsterdam?

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John Crow · Answer 1 · 2017-04-08T09:30:59+0000

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.

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