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City University of New York (CUNY)

2003

European History

William Kieft

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New Amsterdam, Janet Butler Munch Jan 2003

New Amsterdam, Janet Butler Munch

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New York City was originally called New Amsterdam. Established by the Dutch West India Company as a commercial center for the colony of New Netherlands, New Amsterdam was noted for its religious and ethnic diversity. When England pressed its claim on a virtually defenseless New Amsterdam, Director-General Peter Stuyvesant surrendered and the city was renamed New York in honor of James, Duke of York.

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