English conquest of New Netherland

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The English conquest of New Netherland was the 1664 seizure of the Dutch colony in North America by English forces, leading to its renaming as New York and a major shift in colonial power on the Atlantic seaboard.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century conflict ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military conquest ⓘ
affected Dutch settlers in New Netherland ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the region ⓘ
authorizedBy Charles II of England ⓘ
cause English claims to territory between New England and Virginia ⓘ
English desire to control strategic harbor of New Amsterdam ⓘ
competition for Atlantic trade routes ⓘ
changedPoliticalStatusOf New Amsterdam ⓘ
New Netherland ⓘ
commandedBy Richard Nicolls ⓘ
consequence decline of Dutch colonial presence on the mid-Atlantic coast ⓘ
expansion of English colonial territory in North America ⓘ
renaming of New Amsterdam to New York ⓘ
renaming of New Netherland to Province of New York ⓘ
shift in colonial power on the Atlantic seaboard ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
describedBySource Dutch West India Company correspondence ⓘ
contemporary English colonial records ⓘ
endTime 1664 ⓘ
followedBy 1667 Treaty of Breda ⓘ
English administration of Province of New York ⓘ
hasPart English naval expedition under Richard Nicolls ⓘ
capitulation of Director-General Peter Stuyvesant ⓘ
surrender of New Amsterdam ⓘ
location Manhattan Island ⓘ
New Amsterdam ⓘ
New Netherland ⓘ
North America ⓘ
newNameOfTerritory Province of New York ⓘ
opponent Dutch Republic ⓘ
West India Company ⓘ
orderedBy James, Duke of York ⓘ
linked to: Duke of York
participant James, Duke of York ⓘ
linked to: Duke of York

Peter Stuyvesant ⓘ
Richard Nicolls ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Dutch colonial rivalry ⓘ
pointInTime 1664 ⓘ
precededBy Dutch administration of New Netherland ⓘ
linked to: New Netherland
relatedTo Second Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
result English victory ⓘ
surrender of New Netherland to England ⓘ
significantPlace Fort Amsterdam ⓘ
Hudson River ⓘ
Long Island ⓘ
Staten Island ⓘ
startTime 1664 ⓘ

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Beverwijck → causeOfDisestablishment → English conquest of New Netherland ⓘ
New York Colony → importantEvent → English conquest of New Netherland ⓘ
English forces under Richard Nicolls → notableOperation → seizure of New Amsterdam ⓘ
linked to: English conquest of New Netherland
Second Anglo-Dutch War → territorialChange → Cession of New Netherland to England ⓘ
linked to: English conquest of New Netherland
Anglo-Dutch relations → relatedTo → Dutch–English rivalry in North America ⓘ
linked to: English conquest of New Netherland
Richard Nicolls → notableWork → Capture of New Amsterdam ⓘ
linked to: English conquest of New Netherland
New Amsterdam period → associatedEvent → English conquest of New Netherland ⓘ
Colonial era of New Jersey → significantEvent → English conquest of New Netherland ⓘ
Quaker colonization of West Jersey → follows → English conquest of New Netherland ⓘ