the english seized new netherland from the dutch in 1664.
the english seized new netherland from the dutch in 1664.
who seized new netherland from the dutch in 1664?
the english
from the colony of new netherland, the dutch interfered with britain's transatlantic trade with its north american colonies. insisting that john cabot had been the first to discover north america, the british granted the land that now encompasses new jersey to the duke of york (later james ii & vii), who ordered colonel richard nicolls to take over the area. in september 1664, a british fleet under nicolls' command sailed into what is now new york harbor and seized the colony. the british encountered little resistance, perhaps due to the unpopularity of the dutch governor, peter stuyvesant. after capturing the colony, nicolls became deputy-governor of new amsterdam and the rest of new netherland, and guaranteed colonists' property rights, laws of inheritance, and the enjoyment of religious freedom. new netherland west of the hudson river was renamed new jersey after the english channel island of jersey which charles ii of england, after having seen their loyalty to the crown, gave to the people of jersey as a gift having given him hospitality in the castle of mont orgueil before he was proclaimed king in 1649. the city of new amsterdam was renamed new york (after the duke of york).
history of new jersey
in 1621 the dutch west india company took over management of new netherland and other dutch possessions in the new world. in 1624, after floods showed that fort nassau was untenable, it was replaced with fort orange. also in that year, dutch settlement of what became new york city began with a colony on noten eylandt (nut or nutten island, now governors island). the next year the colony moved to manhattoes (now southern manhattan) to establish new amsterdam, which has been settled ever since, and built fort amsterdam to protect themselves. in 1653 the wall at what is now wall street was added for protection from potential english attack. in 1655 peter stuyvesant led an expedition that subjugated the new sweden colony along the delaware river, and in that same year a raid by indian allies of the swedes in the "peach tree war" caused significant damage and loss of life in new amsterdam and the surrounding area. in 1664 an english expedition arrived in what is now new york harbor and demanded the colony's surrender. stuyvesant felt the colony could not defend itself, regretting that his prior requests for troops and defensive resources from the dutch west india company had not been met, and on 8 september he surrendered new netherland to the english. the english renamed the city "new york" at this time and established the province of new york from the former new netherland, also establishing the province of new jersey the next year. the colony was named for its nominal ruler, james, duke of york, who later became king james ii of england. fort amsterdam was renamed fort james in his honor. lingering resentment over the takeover was a cause of the second anglo-dutch war in 1665. this ended with the treaty of breda in 1667, which made the english takeover official. in 1673, during the third anglo-dutch war, the dutch seized new york from the english, but the english regained the colony with the treaty of westminster that ended that war.
harbor defenses of new york