Category: English Rule

The English Ruled

ARTICLES OF CAPITULATION On September 8th, 1664, General Peter Stuyvesant signed the Articles of Capitulation, surrendering New Amsterdam to Britain. Stuyvesant’s rule was seen as tyrannical and he…

Peopling of Bensonhurst
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