new york colony was acquired by conquering it from the dutch.
new york colony was acquired by conquering it from the dutch.
which colony was acquired by conquering it from the dutch?
new york
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
a mormon wagon train passing through had with it a straggling cow, which fell behind. the indians had not eaten for quite some time awaiting the promised delayed supplies, and the wayward cow was killed and eaten by a hungry miniconjou lakota warrior, high forehead, and his family who were visiting conquering bear's camp. a mormon settler reported to the army at fort laramie that the animal had been stolen by the native americans. lt. john fleming, the senior officer at the fort, called for conquering bear to meet with him at the fort on the matter. conquering bear attempted to negotiate compensation for the cow, offering several of his own horses in exchange. the mormon cow owner refused, demanding $25 in payment instead. lt. fleming also demanded that conquering bear turn over the guilty warrior. conquering bear refused, stating that he had no authority over a brave from another band, and that the warrior was his guest.
conquering bear