SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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New Jersey
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Massachusetts
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New York
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Connecticut
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1664, James, Duke of York, was granted a proprietary colony which included New Netherland and present-day Maine.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1626, Peter Minuit, Governor of the Dutch West India Company bought the island of Manhattan from Native Americans for 24 dollars and founded a colony called New Amsterdam. The colony developed a profitable fur trade in the region with the Native American tribes.
Detailed explanation-3: -He created a representative assembly, which passed the “Charter of Liberties and Privileges” that provided rights for the residents of the colony. Before the Charter could be put into effect the Duke of York became King. He decided to combine New York with the royal colony of New England.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Catholic king of France, Louis XIV, provided a template for James’s policies. In 1686, James II applied his concept of a centralized state to the colonies by creating an enormous colony called the Dominion of New England.