<P> New Amsterdam was renamed New York on September 8 , 1664 , in honor of the Duke of York ( later James II of England ) , in whose name the English had captured it . After the Second Anglo - Dutch War of 1665 -- 1667 , England and the United Provinces of the Netherlands agreed to the status quo in the Treaty of Breda . The English kept the island of Manhattan , the Dutch giving up their claim to the town and the rest of the colony , while the English formally abandoned Surinam in South America , and the island of Run in the East Indies to the Dutch , confirming their control of the valuable Spice Islands . Today much of what was once New Amsterdam is New York City . </P>
<P> New Amsterdam was renamed New York on September 8 , 1664 , in honor of the Duke of York ( later James II of England ) , in whose name the English had captured it . After the Second Anglo - Dutch War of 1665 -- 1667 , England and the United Provinces of the Netherlands agreed to the status quo in the Treaty of Breda . The English kept the island of Manhattan , the Dutch giving up their claim to the town and the rest of the colony , while the English formally abandoned Surinam in South America , and the island of Run in the East Indies to the Dutch , confirming their control of the valuable Spice Islands . Today much of what was once New Amsterdam is New York City . </P>
what is the original name of new york
what is the original name of new york
New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam