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How long did the Dutch hold New Netherland before it was taken by conquest?
AFor forty years
BFor twenty years
CFor sixty years
DFor ten years
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. For forty years
1. The Dutch held New Netherland, later called New York, for forty years.
2. They were not a migrating people, since colonizing offered them nothing they lacked in Holland.
3. Their West India Company also struggled to keep competent officials in the colony.
4. In 1664, as British interest in colonial activity revived, the settlement was taken by conquest.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section DUTCH INFLUENCES REMAIN_
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