Question

Which two English colonies were formed from the Dutch colony of New Netherland?

Answer 1

Answer:

New York and New Jersey

Answer 2

Best Answer: The English colonies of New York and New Jersey were created from the earlier Dutch colony of New Netherlands. The settlement of New Amsterdam became New York City. The Dutch also had claims and settlements in what would become Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Rhode Island. The southern settlements were contested by Sweden and the New England settlements by England. In the Treaty of Westminster at the conclusion of the Third Anglo-Dutch War, The Dutch gave up their territorial claims in continental North America to England. The Swedish attempt at colonization along the Delaware River failed when captured by the Dutch about 20 years before the Dutch were forced to give up their colonies. The Dutch colonies had been captured then returned by the English in an earlier war. The Dutch settlements were mainly coastal, spanning from Rhode Island to Maryland. The only inland extent was up the Hudson River to about where Albany is today. Their 17th century territorial claims overlapped those of England and Sweden. The Dutch captured the Swedish colony in 1655; their colonies were later ceded to England in 1674.