<P> On August 27 , 1664 , four English frigates led by Richard Nicolls sailed into New Amsterdam 's harbor and demanded New Netherland 's surrender . They met no resistance because numerous citizens ' requests had gone unheeded for protection by a suitable Dutch garrison against `` the deplorable and tragic massacres '' by the natives . That lack of adequate fortification , ammunition , and manpower made New Amsterdam defenseless , as well as the indifference from the West India Company to previous pleas for reinforcement of men and ships against `` the continual troubles , threats , encroachments and invasions of the English neighbors . '' Stuyvesant negotiated successfully for good terms from his `` too powerful enemies '' . In the Articles of Transfer , he and his council secured the principle of religious tolerance in Article VIII , which assured that New Netherlanders `` shall keep and enjoy the liberty of their consciences in religion '' under English rule . The Articles were largely observed in New Amsterdam and the Hudson River Valley , but they were immediately violated by the English along the Delaware River , where pillaging , looting , and arson were undertaken under the orders of English officer Sir Robert Carr , Kt . who had been dispatched to secure the valley . Many Dutch settlers were sold into slavery in Virginia on Carr 's orders , and an entire Mennonite settlement was wiped out , led by Pieter Corneliszoon Plockhoy near modern Lewes , Delaware . The 1667 Treaty of Breda ended the Second Anglo - Dutch War ; the Dutch did not press their claims on New Netherland , and the status quo was maintained , with the Dutch occupying Suriname and the nutmeg island of Run . </P>
<P> On August 27 , 1664 , four English frigates led by Richard Nicolls sailed into New Amsterdam 's harbor and demanded New Netherland 's surrender . They met no resistance because numerous citizens ' requests had gone unheeded for protection by a suitable Dutch garrison against `` the deplorable and tragic massacres '' by the natives . That lack of adequate fortification , ammunition , and manpower made New Amsterdam defenseless , as well as the indifference from the West India Company to previous pleas for reinforcement of men and ships against `` the continual troubles , threats , encroachments and invasions of the English neighbors . '' Stuyvesant negotiated successfully for good terms from his `` too powerful enemies '' . In the Articles of Transfer , he and his council secured the principle of religious tolerance in Article VIII , which assured that New Netherlanders `` shall keep and enjoy the liberty of their consciences in religion '' under English rule . The Articles were largely observed in New Amsterdam and the Hudson River Valley , but they were immediately violated by the English along the Delaware River , where pillaging , looting , and arson were undertaken under the orders of English officer Sir Robert Carr , Kt . who had been dispatched to secure the valley . Many Dutch settlers were sold into slavery in Virginia on Carr 's orders , and an entire Mennonite settlement was wiped out , led by Pieter Corneliszoon Plockhoy near modern Lewes , Delaware . The 1667 Treaty of Breda ended the Second Anglo - Dutch War ; the Dutch did not press their claims on New Netherland , and the status quo was maintained , with the Dutch occupying Suriname and the nutmeg island of Run . </P>
who seized new netherland from the dutch in 1664
who seized new netherland from the dutch in 1664
Richard Nicolls
Richard Nicolls