In 1624, a group of Dutch merchants started a New Netherland. The main settlement of the colony was called New Amsterdam. After purchasing Manhattan Island from the Manhattan (American Indian) people, New Amsterdam grew
into a major trade center. What happened to New Amsterdam?
A. it was taken over by the English in 1664.
B. it was the least tolerant of the middle colonies.
E. it grew into a center for the French fur trade.
D. it was settled by Quakers who believed in religious tolerance.

A. It was taken over by the English in 1664

Explanation:

New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The initial trading factory gave rise to the settlement around Fort Amsterdam. The fort was situated on the strategic southern tip of the island of Manhattan and was meant to defend the fur trade operations of the Dutch West India Company in the North River (Hudson River). In 1624, it became a provincial extension of the Dutch Republic and was designated as the capital of the province in 1625.

In 1664 the English took over New Amsterdam and renamed it New York City after the Duke of York (later James II & VII). After the Second Anglo-Dutch War of 1665–67, England and the United Provinces of the Netherlands agreed to the status quo in the Treaty of Breda. The English kept the island of Manhattan, the Dutch giving up their claim to the town and the rest of the colony, while the English formally abandoned Surinam in South America, and the island of Run in the East Indies to the Dutch, confirming their control of the valuable Spice Islands. What was once New Amsterdam became New York City's downtown.4

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ok sorry the answer is a. by their religion

"they had a large area of land that they owned."