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How did the dutch lose new netherland to england?

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New Netherland did not win over Holland through force. From the year 1664 to 1673, Nieuw Amsterdam was in New York, however, in that year it ended up plainly Dutch yet again, this time under the name Nieuw Oranje, `New Orange.' The Anglo-Dutch war was finished by the Treaty of Westminster of 1674.
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