SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN SETTLEMENTS
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Question
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They lost it to the English during a war.
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The English took it over.
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They joined the Spanish colonies.
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They joined the French colonies.
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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: -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-3: -Over two hundred years, the colony of New Netherland became the British colony of New York, which then became the independent state of New York. With independence, Dutch patroonships became English manors and the “feudal” system was abolished.
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: -The Dutch surrendered Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan island to England in 1664 (formalized in 1667), during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. In 1673, the Dutch retook the area but relinquished it under the Treaty of Westminster (1674) that ended the Third Anglo-Dutch War the next year.