How did the Dutch colony of New Netherland become an English colony?
A) The English invaded New Amsterdam and defeated the troops led by Peter Stuyvesant.
B) Dutch merchants decided to negotiate for favorable terms rather than resist the English.
C) Greater English settlement in this region permitted settlers to vote out Dutch leadership.
D) The Dutch lost to the English in a European war and turned over the colony in peace
negotiations.
B
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