SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW NETHERLANDS
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Question
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The Dutch surrendered their colony after England sent their soldiers to New Netherland
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The English paid the Dutch half of what the colony was worth
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The English paid the Dutch full price for the Colony
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The Dutch suffered an economic collapse and abandoned the colony.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The breaking point came in March 1664, when English King Charles II awarded the colony’s land to his brother, the Duke of York, even though the two countries were then technically at peace.
Detailed explanation-2: -On August 27, 1664, while England and the Dutch Republic were at peace, four English frigates sailed into New Amsterdam’s harbor and demanded New Netherland’s surrender, effecting the bloodless capture of New Amsterdam.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some English from New England had infiltrated onto Long Island. Charles II decided to seize New Netherland, take over the valuable fur trade and give the colony to his younger brother James, Duke of York and Albany (the future James II).
Detailed explanation-4: -England benefitted from taking control of New Netherland because doing so reduced Dutch prominence in trade and colonization of the New World. Additionally, England benefitted from gaining New Netherland because they were able to promote land sales and stimulate immigration to their newly acquired colony.
Detailed explanation-5: -Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam, the capital of New Netherland, to an English naval squadron under Colonel Richard Nicolls. Stuyvesant had hoped to resist the English, but he was an unpopular ruler, and his Dutch subjects refused to rally around him.