27 agos 1664 año - New Netherland annexed by England

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Despite frequent pleas from the New Dutch to be supplied with defenses to protect themselves from the ever-increasing colonial power of the English, the Dutch West India Company remained ambivalent towards the future of its colony. In order to remove their maritime rival from North America, King Charles II of England ordered the annexation of New Netherland in March 1664. England claimed that John Cabot, an Italian explorer working for the English, had discovered the land first, giving their country the right to it. On August 27, four English ships arrived at the Dutch colony, and were met with no resistance. King Charles II gifted the colony to his brother, the duke of York, granting him ultimate authority over the land. The colony was subsequently renamed to New York. The duke of York in turn gifted part of New York to Sir George Carteret in order to repay a debt, who named his new land New Jersey after his ancestral home.