What was the original name of the New York colony and it’s original capital?

the original name was

Explanation:

it was called New Amsterdam because when The Dutches first settled along the Hudson River in 1624 in new Amsterdam. but then two years later they established the colony of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. so that's why it is called that !

the anwser is went creeping down the river again, across the wide lonely marshes to the sea.

i longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—africa, india, china and peru!

and, dreaming of the lands i had never seen, i'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.