Fort George, New York was the name of five forts in the state of New York

New York

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The first Fort George was built in 1626 in New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam

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 and named Fort Amsterdam

Fort Amsterdam

For the historic fort on the island of Saint Martin, see Fort Amsterdam Fort Amsterdam was a fort on the southern tip of Manhattan that was the administrative headquarters for the Dutch and then British rule of New York from...

. The British Army

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 occupied it as Fort James from 1664 to 1687. Briefly re-occupied by the Dutch

Netherlands

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 from 1673-1674 as Fort Willem Hendrick, it was renamed Fort George in 1687. The fort was destroyed in 1776 by the Americans

American Revolutionary War

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 and finally demolished in 1790. The site is now a museum and courthouse

Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House

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 in Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan

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A second Fort George was built by the British

Kingdom of Great Britain

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 in 1755 at Oswego, New York

Oswego, New York

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, but it was destroyed by the French

France

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 commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm

Louis-Joseph de Montcalm

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 in 1756.

A third Fort George was built in Lake George, New York

Lake George (New York)

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 in 1755. It was destroyed in 1777 and finally abandoned in 1780.

A fourth Fort George was built on Staten Island

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The last Fort George or Fort George Hill was built in 1776 in New York City

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 near the current intersection of Audubon Avenue

Audubon Avenue (Manhattan)

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 and 192nd Street in Upper Manhattan

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. Briefly named Fort Clinton and finally Fort George, from 1895 to 1914 it was the site of the Fort George Amusement Park, and is now George Washington High School

George Washington High School (New York City)

George Washington High School is a public high school located in the Fort George neighborhood of the Washington Heights section of Manhattan in New York City, New York....

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