New York City Was Once New Amsterdam
Interesting Facts in Easy English
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- golden age: a period of wealth and advancement
- settlers: people who move to an undeveloped area and begin to live and work there
- surrender: to not fight
- reclaim: to take back something that was once yours
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New York City Was Once New Amsterdam
Comprehension Questions
- What was New York City called before it was called New York?
- What did early Dutch settlers become involved with in the New York area?
- Why does the report mention the word “orange”?
Discussion Questions: The borough of Brooklyn in New York City was also named after a town in the Netherlands. Does your birthplace or hometown have a story for its name?
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6 comments
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English Club Indonesia says:
New York City was called New Amsterdam before it was called New York. Early Dutch settlers were involved in the fur trade in the New York area. After the British took over New Amsterdam, the Dutch retook the city and named it New Orange. My hometown is Medan. In Indonesian, Medan means field or area.
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Richard says:
Did any of our geograpy books from the 50s ahd 60s ever show New York as New Amsterdam?
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Nell Semel says:
Did new Amsterdam have a flag?
There are tiles (red white & blue horizontal stripes with a windmill in the center)
– three tiles embedded in a wall on the west side of the East River in the 80s.
These tiles are as old as that wall – looking to be emblematic of a very early period of Manhattan. -
Michel says:
My hometown was founded in 1856 in France.
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MIchaล says:
finished
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Amalia says:
this is an interesting fact, thank you for your information.