Lord William Tryon of Upper Grosvenor Street, London, was appointed Governor of the provinces of New-York and North Carolina. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

In 1664 the English seized New Netherland, including the town of New Amsterdam. They renamed the colony New York. At the time there were roughly 500 Dutch-speaking blacks in the colony.

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The European settlement of what would become New York was led by the Dutch, settling along the Hudson River in 1624. They established the colony of New Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan.

(As portrayed in Canada: A People's History) In the colony of New York, Albany had become an important trading post, competing with Montreal and Quebec. Tension was rising in North America.