New York City York metropolitan area produced a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of US$1.73 trillion. If greater New York City were a sovereign state, it would have the 12th highest GDP in the world. New York City traces its origins to a trading post founded by colonists from the Dutch Republic in 1624 on Lower Manhattan; the post was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed "New York" after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, the Duke of York. New York served as the capital of
German Society of the City of New York German Society of the City of New York The German Society of the City of New York was established in 1784, and was concerned with the smooth immigration of the Germans into the USA as well as the bureaucratic affairs of German-Americans. Founded on the model of the German Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia by, among others, John Christoph Kunze and Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben , the company initially supported the German-American churches in New York. With the introduction of large immigration waves from the 1830s, the "German Society" dealt with the smooth running of immigration. This included the fact