How did ownership of New Netherland transfer to the English?
Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam to the British, September 8, 1664. 5. The Dutch gave up the colony without a fight. ... A few months later, four warships with several hundred soldiers onboard arrived in New Amsterdam's harbor and demanded that the Dutch surrender.
B) The English annexed the colony and the Dutch did not resist.
Explanation:
New Netherland was a colony set by the Dutch West India Company that aimed to gain profit from the fur trade. Soon a new town emerged that was called New Amsterdam. Soon the English were interested in the location and Charles II granted the land to the Duke of York even before owning it. Later, the English military went to New Amsterdam to take it officially. Governor Stuyvesant surrendered without a fight.
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