• SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Even old New York was once New Amsterdam

    Why they changed it I can’t say

    People just liked it better that way

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      1 year ago

      The Dutch “lost” New York to the English. They surrendered when a large force of Englishmen demanded the surrender of the city. It had been awarded to the Duke of York. Hence the name.