Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam, the capital of New Netherland, to an English naval squadron under Colonel Richard Nicolls. Stuyvesant had hoped to resist the English, but he was an unpopular ruler, and his Dutch subjects refused to rally around him.
This form of democracy is where the power lies within an elected legislature. The legislature and executive branches are together, the elected legislature will choose the prime minister as well.
