In 1664, the dutch surrendered which important city to the english?

The Dutch settled and created the colony of New Netherlands. The port city in the area was known as New Amsterdam. When the English took over they changed the name to New York and New York City, to sound more English. 

the following best describes postwar era writers in their works:

progressive

many writers,authors,novelists,poets concentrated more on social art and social writing and stayed away from political writings.