USA HISTORY

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: -Peter Stuyvesant: Leader of the New Netherland Colony. Peter Stuyvesant was the most famous director-general of the New Netherland colony in 17th-Century North America. He was born in 1610 in the Netherlands.

Detailed explanation-3: -The conquest of New Netherland occurred in 1664 as an English expedition led by Richard Nicolls that arrived in New York Harbor effected a peaceful capture of New Amsterdam, and the Articles of Surrender of New Netherland were agreed.

Detailed explanation-4: -On August 27, 1664, four English warships arrived in New Amsterdam to claim the colony under the orders of James, Duke of York. New Amsterdam had limited defenses, ammunition and manpower, so Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant was forced to surrender without a shot in September.

Detailed explanation-5: -New Netherlands were surrendered, September 29, 1664. (Gilder Lehrman Collection) The Dutch colonization of New Netherland (which included parts of present-day New York, Delaware, New Jersey, and Connecticut) began in the 1620s.