British Takeover
Italian navigator John Cabot left England in 1496 to explore North America. The British claimed that New Netherland was part of Cabot's discoveries, prior to Hudson. Insisting that John Cabot had been the first to discover North America, the British granted the land that now encompasses New Jersey, who ordered Colonel Richard Nicolls to take over the area. In September 1664, a British fleet under the command of Richard Nicolls sailed into what is now Port of New York and New Jersey and under threat of attack, forced the provisional surrender of the colony by the Dutch. The British received little resistance due to West India Company's decision not to garrison the colony. Nicolls took the position of deputy-governor of New Amsterdam and the rest of New Netherland, guaranteeing colonists' property rights, laws of inheritance, and the enjoyment of religious freedom. Within six years, the nations were again at war, and in August 1673 the Dutch recaptured New Netherland with a fleet of 21 ships. Nevertheless, in November 1674, the Dutch Treaty of Westminster concluded the war and ceded New Netherland to the English due financial insolvency.
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