<P> Expansion along the Delaware River beyond Fort Nassau did not begin until the 1650s, after the takeover of a Swedish colony, obviously called New Sweden which had been established at Fort Christina in 1638 . Settlements at Fort Nassau and the short - lived Fort Beversreede were abandoned and consolidated at Fort Casimir . By 1655 Fort Christina, sitting in what is today Wilmington, had already been renamed Fort Altena . </P> <P> Not all inhabitants of New Netherlands, Manahattan's first European colonizers, were ethnically Dutch, but in reality came from many European countries . Along with the large number of African native peoples--originally brought over bound by the shackles of slavehood--many New Netherlanders were Walloons, Huguenots, Germans, Scandinavian and English relocated from New England . </P> <P> In 1664, an English naval expedition ordered by Prince James, Duke of York and of Albany (later King James II & VII) sailed in the harbor at New Amsterdam, threatening to attack . Being greatly outnumbered, Director - General Peter Stuyvesant surrendered after negotiating favorable articles of capitulation . The Province then took a new name, New York (from James's English title). Fort Orange was renamed Fort Albany (from James's Scottish title). The region between the lower Hudson and the Delaware was deeded to proprietors and called New Jersey . </P> <P> The loss of New Netherland led to the Second Anglo--Dutch War during 1665--1667 . This conflict ended with the Treaty of Breda, which stipulated that the Dutch give up their claim to New Netherlands in exchange for Suriname . </P>

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