Dutch Americans are Americans who were either born in the Netherlands or are of Dutch ancestry.Following the exploration of the American East Coast by Henry Hudson on behalf of the Dutch East India Company in 1609 Dutch settlement in the Americas started in 1613. From then on a number of villages including New Amsterdam on the East Coast which would become the future world metropolis of New York City were established by Dutch immigrants.
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