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New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw-Amsterdam) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, which served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The factorij became a settlement outside of Fort Amsterdam. Situated on the strategic, fortifiable southern tip of the island of Manhattan, the fort was meant to defend the Dutch West India Company's fur trade operations in the North River (Hudson River).
100 C HAPTER 3 ONE AMERICANâS STORY In 1624, the Dutch founded the colony of New Netherland (later New York) on the eastern coast of North America. PeterStuyvesant, the new governor, arrived in the city of NewAmsterdam in May 1647. Because of his rough manner, helost the support of the Dutch colonists.here wereEnglish colonies in New England to the north and Virginia to thesouth. As you have seen, when the dukeâs ships appeared off NewAmsterdam in August 1664, the colony surrendered. New Netherlandbecame the proprietary colony of New York. The Duke of York wasnow the proprietor, or owner, of the colony.