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British imperial attempts to reassert control over its colonies and the colonial reaction to these attempts produced a new American republic, along with struggles over the new nation’s social, political, and economic identity.</span>
The New York colony <span> was originally a Dutch colony called New Amsterdam, founded by </span>Peter Minuit<span> in 1626 on Manhattan Island. In 1664 the Dutch surrendered the colony to the English and it was renamed New York, after the Duke of York.</span>
