English conquest of New Netherland

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The English conquest of New Netherland was the 1664 seizure of the Dutch colony in North America by English forces, leading to its renaming as New York and a major shift in colonial power on the Atlantic seaboard.

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Surface form	Occurrences
seizure of New Amsterdam	1

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Beverwijck → causeOfDisestablishment → English conquest of New Netherland ⓘ

New York Colony → importantEvent → English conquest of New Netherland ⓘ

English forces under Richard Nicolls → notableOperation → English conquest of New Netherland ⓘ

this entity surface form: seizure of New Amsterdam