On February 19, 1674, the Treaty of Westminster was signed by the Netherlands, and England, ending the 3rd Anglo-Dutch War.
This finalised the positions of the Dutch and the English with regard to their holdings in the Americas. England would keep New Netherland (including but not limited to New Amsterdam, now New York City) and the Dutch would keep Suriname, and have Caribbean Islands: Tobago, Saba, St Eustatius, and Tortola, returned to them. The Dutch would also pay 2 Million Guilders to England.
This finalised the positions of the Dutch and the English with regard to their holdings in the Americas. England would keep New Netherland (including but not limited to New Amsterdam, now New York City) and the Dutch would keep Suriname, and have Caribbean Islands: Tobago, Saba, St Eustatius, and Tortola, returned to them. The Dutch would also pay 2 Million Guilders to England.
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