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.
Answer/Explanation
The US sought to defend its eastern border from attack and drive Spain from power in the Americas.
In a letter to the editor of a newspaper since you should sound nice and polite
Answer:
The Taíno
Explanation:
The Taíno were an Arawak people who were the indigenous people of the Caribbean and Florida. At the time of European contact in the late 15th century, they were the principal inhabitants of most of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Puerto Rico.
Polk’s margin of victory was approximately 1.4 percent. :)
