USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1664–1667), English forces gained control of the Dutch fur trading colony of New Netherland, and in 1664, Charles II gave this colony (including present-day New Jersey) to his brother James, Duke of York (later James II). The colony and city were renamed New York in his honor.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1664, the English took over New Amsterdam and renamed it New York after the Duke of York (later James II & VII). After the Second Anglo-Dutch War of 1665–67, England and the United Provinces of the Netherlands agreed to the status quo in the Treaty of Breda.

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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam to the British, September 8, 1664. 5.

Detailed explanation-5: -New Netherland was a Dutch colony from 1614 to 1664, about 50 years. 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.