What is Fort Amsterdam?
[[File:Stad Amsterdam in Nieuw Nederland (City Amsterdam in New Netherland) Castello Plan 1660.jpg|thumb|200px|A map of [[New Netherland|Nieuw Netherland]] from 1660. Fort Amsterdam is located on the southern tip.]] '''Fort Amsterdam''' (later called '''Fort James''', '''Fort Willem Hendrick''', '''Fort James''' (again), '''Fort William''', '''Fort Anne''' and '''Fort George''' between [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Netherlands|Dutch]] rule) was a [[fort]] on the southern tip of modern-day [[Manhattan]] that was the administrative [[headquarters]] for the Dutch and then British rule of [[New York (state)|New York]] from 1625 to 1790, when it was torn down after the [[American Revolution]]. {{US-stub}} [[Category:Buildings and structures in Manhattan]] [[Category:Forts in the United States|Amsterdam]] [[Category:History of Manhattan]]