Treaty of Westminster (1674)
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The Treaty of Westminster was the peace treaty that ended the Third Anglo-Dutch War. It was signed on February 19, 1674.
England was forced to sign the treaty as Parliament would not allow more money to be spent on the war. The English were dismayed by the unexpected fact that Dutch raiders managed to capture more English ships (over 550) than vice versa and that New Amsterdam had been retaken by the Dutch in 1673. As such, it can easily be seen as an English defeat, as they had started the war, and the Dutch managed to make the war so costly that the English had to withdraw.
The treaty stipulated that New Netherland would henceforth be an English possession and that Suriname, captured by the Dutch in 1667, would remain their colony, legalising the status quo of 1667.
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- WHKMLA - The Third Anglo-Dutch War 1672-1674
- 1911 Encyclopedia - Malay Archipelago
- 1911 Encyclopedia - Long Island
- History of the Netherlands
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