History of the United States . anded the surrender of New Amster- comls^N^w dam, old Peter Stuyvesant stood alone in the desire ^°^ ^^^* to resist. The English secured control without striking a blow, and the Dutch settlements were merged in the British possessions.^ Charles II gave the province to ? his brother James, Duke of York, after whom a part of it wasnamed, as was also the town of NewAmsterdam. The Dutch patroonswere left in undisturbed possessionof their estates, but the governorswere appointed by the British 1638 Swedish colonists foundeda settlement on the Delaware Baywithi
History of the United States . anded the surrender of New Amster- comls^N^w dam, old Peter Stuyvesant stood alone in the desire ^°^ ^^^* to resist. The English secured control without striking a blow, and the Dutch settlements were merged in the British possessions.^ Charles II gave the province to ? his brother James, Duke of York, after whom a part of it wasnamed, as was also the town of NewAmsterdam. The Dutch patroonswere left in undisturbed possessionof their estates, but the governorswere appointed by the British 1638 Swedish colonists foundeda settlement on the Delaware Baywithin the present limits of Wil-mington. They called the towiithey began to build there Christiana, in honor of their queen, andthe country was named New Sweden. These settlers were indus-trious and enjoyed undisturbed possession for nearly Swedish set-twenty years. Then, as we have seen, their existence ^^^^^^^^so close to New Netherland aroused the opposition of PeterStuyvesant, who compelled their surrender to the Dutch. The. THE MIDDLE COLONIES 1 Peter Stuyvesant continued to live on Manhattan Island, and died in1682 at his home farm, called The Bowerie. 42 MIDDLE COLONIES, CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA settlement continued as a part of the Dutch colony until it inturn was brought under British control and became a separatecolony. In 1664 the portion of New Netherland that lay between theHudson and the Delaware was granted by Charles I to two courtNew Sweden favorites, Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. TheNew Jersey latter had been governor of the island of Jersey onthe coast of England, and the province was called New Jersey. %
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