SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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Question
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Why was it easy for England to gain control over the Dutch colony?
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they had a lot of soldiers
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they had many warships
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the Dutch wouldn’t fight
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Great Britain seized the colony in 1797 during the wars of the First Coalition (in which the Netherlands were allied with revolutionary France), and annexed it in 1805.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
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