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Dutch Colonists form a settlement in New Amesterdam
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Dutch Colonists arrive in New York
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Peter Minuit (Dutch Colonist) purchases Manhattan Island from Native Americans. Renamed it New Amesterdam
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Dutch Governor (Peter Stuyvesant) surrenders New Netherlands to English. Renamed it New York
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Dutch military retakes New York from the British
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Dutch settle in Pennsylvania
