Question

In 1664, when new amsterdam's governor peter stuyvesant called on local residents to resist the four heavily armed ships of the duke of york

Answer 1

Governor Peter Stuyvesant

Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam, the capital of New Netherland, to an English naval squadron under Colonel Richard Nicolls. Stuyvesant had hoped to resist the English, but he was an unpopular ruler, and his Dutch subjects refused to rally around him.

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Answer 2

They refused to fight force the government to surrender the colony