in 1664 the english wrested control of new amsterdam and renamed it new york.
in 1664 the english wrested control of what region and renamed it new york?
new amsterdam
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although the dutch and swedes returned to resettle the delaware river region as early as 1638, much of the delaware bay area south of what is today the city of newcastle was not settled until 1662. at that time, the city of amsterdam made a grant of land at the hoernkills (the area around cape henlopen, near the current town of lewes) to a party of mennonites. a total of 35 men were to be included in the settlement, led by a pieter cornelisz plockhoy of zierikzee, and funded by a sizable loan from the city to get them established. this settlement, established in 1663, was organized in part by the dutch to respond to threats from the english colony of maryland to the west beginning to assert rights over the area. the english wrested control of new netherland from the dutch in 1664 and they destroyed the mennonite settlement that same year; english reports indicated that “not even a nail” was left there.
sussex county, delaware