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Introduction. The Dutch first settled along the Hudson River in 1624; two years later they established the colony of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. In 1664, the English took control of the area and renamed it New York.
As some of you will know (and some of you won't), New York was formerly New Amsterdam, as it was originally a Dutch colony. The story of the founding of the city can be summarised by describing the four men who had the biggest impact on the formative years of the colony.