How did the new Netherlands become new York?
King Charles II wanted the colony New Netherlands for his brother the Duke of York. There was a war between the Dutch & England. In 1674, the Treaty of Westminster ended the Anglo-Dutch War & New Netherlands went to England & named New York. ChaCha
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