Giles Milton

And they decide to teach them a lesson.

James, Duke of York, the brother of Charles, the King Charles.

Yes.

So the Duke of York, fed up that the Dutch haven't handed back run under the terms of the treaty, and also still nursing the grievances or whipping up the grievances from the massacre of Amboina, he sends ships across the Atlantic and seizes the Dutch-held territory of New Amsterdam.

He says, "'Tis high time to put the Dutch out of a capacity of doing mischief again."

And so he seizes this island.

And over the course of the coming months, there will be peace negotiations between the English and the Dutch.

Peter Stuyvesant, who is the governor of New Amsterdam at the time.

The Dutch cannot defend this swampy and rather worthless island on the Atlantic Sea.

Who would want it?

Who would want it?

Who would want it?

I mean, you know, they get skins and furs there, but it's not very profitable at all.

But anyway, they come to negotiations at Breda, the town of Breda in Holland, and they discuss what they're going to do.

And the ensuing Treaty of Breda decides the following thing.

that in return for the Dutch being allowed to keep the island of Ran in the Banda Islands, the English will get to control and keep New Amsterdam, which they decide in honour of James, Duke of York, to name New York.

And Charles II says to his brother, "'Tis a place of great importance."

He says, "'We've got the better of it, and tis now called New York.'"

Exactly.

But actually, everyone's saying to the English, what have you done?