when was new amsterdam renamed new york

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1. GiGi
   

   When New York City was founded as a Dutch colony, it was given a Dutch name. It was named after Amsterdam, the Dutch capitol. When it was captured in war the English gave it an English name. In this case it honored  the Duke of York. The Duke of York, who was later King James II, was granted the land by his brother King Charles II. The Duke was also Lord High Admiral and  had commanded the English fleets during the two wars with the Dutch. Albany, which was Ft Orange under the Dutch, was named after another of Jame's titles, the Duke of Albany.
   
   The Dutch founding of New York is not forgotten by many New Yorkers. It is still reflected in two of the five borough names, the Bronx and Staten Island, and many smaller place names. It is also reflected in the city flag, which resembles the old Dutch flag with the New York seal added. There is a sports team called the Knickerbockers, another old Dutch reference.
   
   Nevertheless, it was under the British that New York grew into a major city, and it is the English name which has endured. If New Amsterdam had been bigger or more established, perhaps the name would have been kept, as were Montreal and Quebec, for instance.
   
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   "The city, situated on the strategic, fortifiable southern tip of the island of Manhattan was to maintain New Netherland's provincial integrity by defending river access to the company's fur trade operations in the North River, later named Hudson River. Furthermore, it was entrusted to safeguard the West India Company's exclusive access to New Netherland's other two estuaries; the Delaware River and the Connecticut River. Fort Amsterdam was designated the capitol of the province in 1625 and developed into the largest Dutch colonial settlement of the New Netherland province, now the New York Tri-State Region, and remained a Dutch possession until September 1664, when it fell provisionally and temporarily into the hands of the English.
   
   The Dutch Republic regained it in August 1673 with a fleet of 21 ships, renaming the city New Orange. New Netherland was ceded permanently to the English in November 1674 by treaty."
   Renamed New York for the Duke of York.

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