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The English took over New Netherlands from the Dutch in 1664. New Jersey was part of this Dutch colony, and it was organized under Gov. Philip Carteret IN 1664 as the English colony of New Jersey.
The English took over New Netherland in 1664.
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Peter Stuyvesant [c. 1612 - August 1672] was the Dutch governor who surrendered to the English in 1664. He did so in his capacity as Director-General of the Colony of New Netherland, at the future New York. His surrender of the Dutch colony to English control was demanded on August 30, 1664. He signed the necessary treaty on September 9.Note that Peter Stuyvesant was the governor (Director General, actually) of New Netherland, not New Amsterdam. New Amsterdam was a colony in the greater New Netherland settlement. There was never a governor (or Director General) of New Amsterdam.
The English
The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who renamed it, "New York."
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The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British in 1664.
new amsterdam
The English took over New Netherlands from the Dutch in 1664. New Jersey was part of this Dutch colony, and it was organized under Gov. Philip Carteret IN 1664 as the English colony of New Jersey.
It was named New Amsterdam by colonists of the Dutch settlers in 1625 & in 1664 the Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the English without a fight or bloodshed and renamed the city New York after the English Duke of York and Albany.
The Dutch
The English took over New Netherland in 1664.
They simply took with military force. On August 27, 1664, four English frigates sailed into New Amsterdam Harbor and demanded the surrender of the Dutch colony. The Dutch governor, Peter Stuyvesant, surrendered.
In 1664 but they only pushed the Dutch Government out. The Dutch Settlers were allowed to remain and most did.
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