The Dutch West India Company (WIC) was most famous in North America for founding which settlement?
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Correct answer: New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam was established on Manhattan Island in 1624 as the capital of New Netherland. It was later ceded to the English in 1664 and renamed New York.
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