New_York_City

New York City For more than three centuries, England and Holland had been closest of friends. But now, at the close of the long and bloody Thirty Year War, which ended with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, the power of Spain was crushed, and the Dutch, no longer having anything to fear from his Catholic Majesty, rose to dispute with the English, the dominion of the seas. This brought about and unfriendly rivalry between the two nations, and the unfriendliness was increased by the fact that the Dutch of New Netherlands traded freely with the English colonies. The first Navigation Law was in 1651. It was that only English ships could transport trade goods to the England from outside Europe and trade goods from inside Europe could be shipped by English ships and ships from the originating country. This act was aimed mainly at the Dutch trader, but the Dutchman ignored the law and continued as before. This was one of the causes that determined the English on the conquest of New Amsterdam. Another reason was that the Dutch colony on the Hudson separated New England from the other English colonies and threatened British dominion in North America. The new, english, york, dutch, government, people, england, nicolls, governor, colony, became, hudson, first, leisler, duke, two, province, part, made, colonies, assembly, years, war, valley, rule, popular, own, one, now, laws, fort, amsterdam, year, royal