The correct answer is C) exhaustion from fighting native Americans.
The chief reason for the Dutch surrender of New Amsterdam to the British was "exhaustion from fighting native Americans."
On September 8, 1664, the Dutch that maintained control over what today is Manhattan, accepted to surrender and give the control of this territory to the British. In March 1966, King Charles II of England decided to give that part of the NorthAmerican territory to the Duke of York, his brother. So, without any act of aggression or a single shoot, the territory exchanged hands.
