A first book in American history with European beginnings . James, the Duke of York, who sent a fleet to demand thesurrender of the Dutch colony. Suddenly one day in 1664 this fleet appeared off NewAmsterdam, and its commander sent a letter to GovernorStuyvesant. The letter invited him to give up his col-ony to the Duke of York. In return for the surrender, thecolonists were to be allowed to keep their property and alltheir rights and privileges, and other privileges were tobe granted them. Old Silverleg was very wrathful. He tore up the131 A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY letter and stamped a
A first book in American history with European beginnings . James, the Duke of York, who sent a fleet to demand thesurrender of the Dutch colony. Suddenly one day in 1664 this fleet appeared off NewAmsterdam, and its commander sent a letter to GovernorStuyvesant. The letter invited him to give up his col-ony to the Duke of York. In return for the surrender, thecolonists were to be allowed to keep their property and alltheir rights and privileges, and other privileges were tobe granted them. Old Silverleg was very wrathful. He tore up the131 A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY letter and stamped about on his wooden leg swearing thathe would rather be carried out dead than give up thefort. He called upon the Dutch to help him, but they. The Wrath of Stuyvesant. refused to come to his aid, as they were anxious to acceptthe liberal terms of the English. Poor Headstrong Peter could do nothing alone;and a white flag was raised in spite of him; and the colony 132 HENRY HUDSON AND THE DUTCH .was given over to the English. This ended Dutch rule inAmerica. The name New Netherland was changed to the Prov-ince of New York in honor of the English Kings brother,the Duke of York. And for the same reason New Amster-dam became the city of New York. Sailing to Holland, Peter Stuyvesant reported thesurrender to the Dutch West India Company. Then hereturned to his home in New York and lived there as apeaceful citizen all the rest of his life. He died in 1682when he was eighty years old. Summary Henry Hudson, an English sailor, was employed by the DutchEast India Company to find a passage to Asia.—While on thisvoyage, he discovered the Hudson River, 1609.—This discoveryled to Dutch colonization in America.—Dutch traders exploredt
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