USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1664–1667), English forces gained control of the Dutch fur trading colony of New Netherland, and in 1664, Charles II gave this colony (including present-day New Jersey) to his brother James, Duke of York (later James II).

Detailed explanation-2: -After decades of warring with France, Britain took control of the French colony of Canada, as well as several Caribbean territories, in 1763.

Detailed explanation-3: -Following its capture, New Amsterdam’s name was changed to New York, in honor of the Duke of York, who organized the mission. The colony of New Netherland was established by the Dutch West India Company in 1624 and grew to encompass all of present-day New York City and parts of Long Island, Connecticut and New Jersey.

Detailed explanation-4: -Royal colonies were owned and completely administered by the Crown. The Governor and his Council were appointed by the King and these lands existed simply to generate wealth for England.

Detailed explanation-5: -Charles’s reign saw the rise of colonisation and trade in India, the East Indies and America (the British captured New York from the Dutch in 1664), and the Passage of Navigation Acts that secured Britain’s future as a sea power. He founded the Royal Society in 1660.