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British took over New Amsterdam

Conquest of New Netherland

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British took over New Amsterdam and renamed the city New York after the Duke of York.

Signed, Sept 6, 1664

The conquest of New Netherland occurred in 1664 as an English expedition led by Richard Nicolls that arrived in New York Harbor effected a peaceful capture of New Amsterdam, Fort Amsterdam and the Articles of Surrender of New Netherland were agreed.

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Peter Stuyvesant

Richard Nicolls,Under the authority of the Duke of York, Richard Nicolls led an expedition to seize New Amsterdam from the Dutch, successfully capturing it.er 8.

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Governors Island Park and Public Space-Governors Island was originally part of New Amsterdam, but when the British seized the settlement and renamed it New York, they also claimed the island It was designated "for the benefit and accommodation of His Majesty’s Governors," earning the name Governors Island.

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The Fall of New Amsterdam

1935

Now the Battery, then Fort Amsterdam in Kieft's Days

Nieuw Amsterdam, in the year it was conquered by the English under Richard Nicolls.

1776

The triumphal entry of royal troops into New York

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