New Amsterdam

E409078
Dutch colonial settlement former city historical place

New Amsterdam was the 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement on the southern tip of Manhattan that later became New York City.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
New Amsterdam canonical 26
New Amsterdam historic core 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch colonial settlement ⓘ
former city ⓘ
historical place ⓘ
capturedBy Richard Nicolls ⓘ
charteredAsCity 1653 ⓘ
colonialPower Dutch Republic ⓘ
country Dutch Republic ⓘ
economyBasedOn Atlantic commerce ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ
endTime 1664 ⓘ
foundedBy Dutch West India Company ⓘ
Dutch colonists ⓘ
hasDefensiveStructure palisade later associated with Wall Street ⓘ
hasFortification Fort Amsterdam ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus important site in early American colonial history ⓘ
hasPrimaryFunction fur trade center ⓘ
port city ⓘ
trading post ⓘ
indigenousNeighbors Lenape ⓘ
languageUsed Dutch ⓘ
legalSystem Dutch law ⓘ
locatedIn Manhattan ⓘ
New Netherland ⓘ
North America ⓘ
present-day New York City ⓘ
locatedOn East River ⓘ
Hudson River ⓘ
New York Harbor ⓘ
southern tip of Manhattan Island ⓘ
namedAfter Amsterdam ⓘ
capital of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
partOf Atlantic world ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic World

Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
populationIncludes Dutch settlers ⓘ
Free Black residents ⓘ
Indigenous peoples ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
predecessorOf New York City ⓘ
presentDayPartOf borough of Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: Borough of Manhattan

Lower Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: Financial District of Manhattan

New York City ⓘ
religionDominant Dutch Reformed Church ⓘ
renamedAs New York ⓘ
renamedBy English authorities ⓘ
renamedInHonorOf Duke of York ⓘ
surface form: James, Duke of York
startTime 1620s ⓘ
circa 1624 ⓘ
surrenderedTo English fleet ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Willem Hendrick → locatedIn → New Amsterdam ⓘ
Fort Willem Hendrick → governedFrom → New Amsterdam ⓘ
Dutch America → hasPart → New Amsterdam ⓘ
Pavonia → adjacentTo → New Amsterdam ⓘ
Adriaen van der Donck (jonkheer) → placeOfActivity → New Amsterdam ⓘ
subject surface form: Adriaen van der Donck
Adriaen van der Donck (jonkheer) → residence → New Amsterdam ⓘ
subject surface form: Adriaen van der Donck
Stone Street Historic District → partOf → New Amsterdam ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Amsterdam historic core
Riker family of New York → settledIn → New Amsterdam ⓘ
Collegiate School (New York City) → originalLocation → New Amsterdam ⓘ
John Bowne → imprisonedIn → New Amsterdam ⓘ
Claes → settlerOf → New Amsterdam ⓘ
subject surface form: Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt
Breede weg → usedIn → New Amsterdam ⓘ
Judith Bayard → residence → New Amsterdam ⓘ
Judith Bayard → placeOfActivity → New Amsterdam ⓘ
Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States → foundedAs → New Amsterdam ⓘ
subject surface form: Manhattan
English conquest of New Netherland → location → New Amsterdam ⓘ
English conquest of New Netherland → changedPoliticalStatusOf → New Amsterdam ⓘ
Peter Minuit → governorOf → New Amsterdam ⓘ
Peter Minuit → associatedWithPlace → New Amsterdam ⓘ
Wouter van Twiller, Director of New Netherland → residence → New Amsterdam ⓘ
subject surface form: Wouter van Twiller
Wouter van Twiller, Director of New Netherland → workLocation → New Amsterdam ⓘ
subject surface form: Wouter van Twiller
Stuyvesant family → associatedWith → New Amsterdam ⓘ
Richard Nicolls → captured → New Amsterdam ⓘ
New Amsterdam period → appliesTo → New Amsterdam ⓘ
Allerton family → settledIn → New Amsterdam ⓘ
New York City (during playing career) → foundedAs → New Amsterdam ⓘ
subject surface form: New York City
New York City, New York, United States of America → foundedAs → New Amsterdam ⓘ
subject surface form: New York City