On August 27, 1654,in a surprise invasion from the English on the Dutch-owned terris known as New Amsterdam, four English frigates sailed in New Amsterdam’s harbor and demanded New Netherland’s surrender. This resulted in the Second Anglo-Dutch War between England and the Dutch Republic.
In 1667, the dutch and the English both agreed to the terms of the Treaty of Breda wich, put simply, reads that the English gain New Amsterdam and the Dutch gain a small island known as Run. This island is filled with spices and particularly nutmegs. Controlling an island like that in that time was like controlling a large amount of oil exports today.
However, in the Third Anglo-Dutch War, the Dutch recaptured New Netherland in August 1673 and the city was renamed New Orange. After the signing of the Treaty of Westminster in November 1674 the city returned to the English and the name went back to New York, and Suriname became an official Dutch possession in return.
