 However, the instructions did not propose that the New Netherlands should be included in any treaty, but settled by local fighting that would not involve a European War.The Dutch complained that these terms denied their rights to the New Netherlands.At the start of the war, both sides considered an early decisive battle was desirable, as English government finances could not sustain a long war, and an English blockade of Dutch ports and attacks on their merchant and fishing fleets would soon bring about their economic ruin.