Known as "Old Silver Nails" for the silver nails stuck in his wooden leg, this man initially ripped up Richard Nicolls' letter demanding that he surrender his colony, but the colonists noted that the colony had no good defenses and implored him to reconsider.
The Peach Tree War began while this man was away, and it took him five years to finally sign a treaty ending it. Known as "Old Silver Nails" for the silver nails stuck in his wooden leg, this man initially ripped up Richard Nicolls' letter demanding that he surrender his colony, but the colonists noted that the colony had no good defenses and implored him to reconsider. After surrendering in 1664, his colony became known as New York. For 10 points, name this last governor of New Amsterdam.
The Peach Tree War began while this man was away, and it took him five years to finally sign a treaty ending it.
Peter {Stuyvesant}