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What terms did the Treaty of Breda establish after the Second Anglo-Dutch War?

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Anglo-Dutch Wars The *Sovereign of the Seas*, an English galleon of the Anglo-Dutch Wars. Launched in 1637, this was the largest warship of its time and the first to carry 100 guns. The prominent beak at its bow soon went out of fashion, but its three gun decks and low sterncastle and forecastle set the pattern for ships of the line for the rest of the sailing era. Contemporary engraving by J. Jayne.

The Treaty of Breda, signed on July 31, 1667, brought an inconclusive end to the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The treaty established several terms that favored the Dutch Republic.

Key terms of the treaty included:
* Navigation Acts: The English Navigation Acts were modified to allow Dutch ships to transport goods from the Rhine River into England.
* Contraband Definition: Several Dutch trading principles were accepted, including confining the definition of "contraband" to implements of war.
* Territorial Exchanges:
* England received the New Netherland (which became New York and New Jersey) and some African outposts from the Dutch. England also recovered Antigua, Montserrat, and St. Kitts in the West Indies from France.
* The Dutch retained Surinam and Pulo Run in the East Indies.
* France kept French Guiana and regained Acadia from England.

Despite military advantages at sea, the Dutch sought peace quickly due to Louis XIV’s invasion of the Spanish Netherlands in the War of Devolution. The treaty did not shake the Dutch position in world trade, and England failed to gain a significant share of the spice trade.1