Explain how the english captured new netherlands

Holland did not lose New Netherland through force. Nieuw Amsterdam was New York from 1664 to 1673, but in that year it became Dutch once more, this time under the name Nieuw Oranje, `New Orange.' ... The Anglo-Dutch war was ended by the Treaty of Westminster of 1674.

Accumulating more land so that your country can continue expanding without running into problems such as overpopulation