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How did New York get its name? |
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After the British seized Manhattan island from the Dutch in 1664, they changed the name from "New Amsterdam" to "New York." This was to indicate that the land was the possession of the Duke of York. Incidentally, this initially covered the northern half of New Jersey as well, but the Duke of York gave portions of that land to Lords Carteret and Rahway.
This Duke of York eventually became King James II, who was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution. He never saw the land named for him.
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the Duke of York named New York after him
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King Charles II of England gave it to his brother, DUKE OF YORK, when (I think) they took over the New Netherland's harbors (old name for new york before it became one of teh 13 colonies) in 1664.
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New york got its name by King charles2.
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It was named after Yorkshire in England. That was the original, or old, York amd this was to be the new. Michael Montagne
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The British King named New York after his brother, James, Duke of York.
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I read in a history book that King Charles II won the land in a war and gave it to his brother the Duke of York. The Duke of York then named it after himself.
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from the owner named the duke of YORK. He named it after himself.
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New York got it's name because colonists from England came and settled there their governor was Jhon ------ ,he heard that the dutch wanted to taake over their land so he wanted to fight ,but the colonists did not want to fight so the Dutch took over and they named the colony New York.
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