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New Amsterdam
Nieuw Amsterdam (Dutch) New Orange (English) Nieuw Oranje (Dutch) | |
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| Dutch colony |  New Netherland |
| Settled | 1624 |
| Conquered by the English | 1664 |
| Recaptured by the Dutch | 1673 |
| Relinquished to the English | 1674 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Colonial government |
| • Body | Council of Mayors, Schepen and a Schout |
| • Director-general of New Amsterdam | Peter Stuyvesant (Dutch West India Company) |
| Area [1] | |
| • Land | 94 km2 (36.29 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 122 m (401 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population [2] | |
| • Estimate (1664) | 2,500 |
| • Rank | 1st in New Netherland |
| Demonym | New Netherlander |
| Time zone | UTC–05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–04:00 (EDT) |
New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam, pronounced [ˌniu.ɑmstərˈdɑm]) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The initial trading factory gave rise to the settlement around Fort Amsterdam. The fort was situated on the strategic southern tip of the island of Manhattan and was meant to defend the fur trade operations of the Dutch West India Company in the North River (Hudson River). In 1624, it became a provincial extension of the Dutch Republic and was designated as the capital of the province in 1625. New Amsterdam became a city when it received municipal rights on February 2, 1653.[3]
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By 1655, the population of New Netherland had grown to 2,000 people, with 1,500 living in New Amsterdam. By 1664, the population of New Netherland had risen to almost 9,000 people, 2,500 of whom lived in New Amsterdam, 1,000 lived near Fort Orange, and the remainder in other towns and villages.[2][4]
In 1664, the English took over New Amsterdam and renamed it New York after the Duke of York (later James II & VII).[5] After the Second Anglo-Dutch War of 1665–67, England and the United Provinces of the Netherlands agreed to the status quo in the Treaty of Breda. The English kept the island of Manhattan, the Dutch giving up their claim to the town and the rest of the colony, while the English formally abandoned Surinam in South America, and the island of Run in the East Indies to the Dutch, confirming their control of the valuable Spice Islands. The area occupied by New Amsterdam is now Lower Manhattan.
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ a b "The Colony of New Netherland", 2009, by Jaap Jacobs, page 32.
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- ^ "Manhattan | History, Map, Population, & Points of Interest | Britannica". www.britannica.com. April 20, 2024. Retrieved April 21, 2024.