SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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They wanted control of the waterway and port.
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They wanted to explore and trade with American Indians.
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They wanted to get the Dutch out of the colonies.
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They wanted a good place to farm.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Founded to protect the Dutch West India Company’s beaver trade on the Hudson River and to establish a Dutch presence in eastern North America, New Amsterdam colony sat at the southern tip of what is now Manhattan in New York Harbor.
Detailed explanation-3: -English capture 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-4: -In 1664, New Amsterdam passed to English control, and English and Dutch settlers lived together peacefully.