<P> In 1664 , an English naval expedition ordered by Prince James , Duke of York and of Albany ( later King James II & VII ) sailed in the harbor at New Amsterdam , threatening to attack . Being greatly outnumbered , Director - General Peter Stuyvesant surrendered after negotiating favorable articles of capitulation . The Province then took a new name , New York ( from James 's English title ) . Fort Orange was renamed Fort Albany ( from James 's Scottish title ) . The region between the lower Hudson and the Delaware was deeded to proprietors and called New Jersey . </P>
who took over the dutch colony in north america
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