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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.
Â· just now. 1  Who Founded New York. 2  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. 3  It was founded by the Dutch Republic (Modern day Netherlands) and was used as trading colony. Sometime later, Great Britain had taken it over. New York became part of the United States after the American Revolution (The American War of Independence).