USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Stuyvesant did not tolerate full religious freedom in the colony, and was strongly committed to the supremacy of the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1657 he refused to allow Lutherans the right to organize a church.

Detailed explanation-2: -Petrus Stuyvesant is best known as New Netherland’s longest, most influential, and last Dutch governor, having served until the English overthrew the colony’s Dutch administration and renamed it New York in 1664. Stuyvesant helped make New Amsterdam more orderly and economically successful than it had ever been.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1664, the English took the colony from the Dutch by force-even though the two countries were not at war and few if any shots were fired. Even after New Netherland became an English possession, Dutch settlers remained, and life in the colony did not much change. It remained distinctively Dutch.

Detailed explanation-4: -During his rule the population expanded from 2, 000 to 8, 000, trade flourished and he was able to establish a sense of law and order in the community populated by people from many countries and many backgrounds.

Detailed explanation-5: -Peter Stuyvesant, the Director-General of New Netherland, tried to rally the people of New Amsterdam to fight, but he soon realized they preferred to surrender peacefully. Stuyvesant set up a meeting between the citizens of New Amsterdam and the English representatives so that they could negotiate terms of surrender.