USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of these colonies used to be owned by the Dutch and was called New Netherland?
A
New Hampshire
B
North Carolina
C
South Carolina
D
New York
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Over two hundred years, the colony of New Netherland became the British colony of New York, which then became the independent state of New York.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1664, the English took over New Amsterdam and renamed it New York after the Duke of York (later James II & VII). After the Second Anglo-Dutch War of 1665–67, England and the United Provinces of the Netherlands agreed to the status quo in the Treaty of Breda.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1664, the English sent a fleet to seize New Netherlands, which surrendered without a fight. The English renamed the colony New York, after James, the Duke of York, who had received a charter to the territory from his brother King Charles II.

Detailed explanation-4: -New Netherland The settlements were initially located on the Hudson River: Fort Nassau (1614–7) in present-day Albany (later resettled as Fort Orange in 1624), and New Amsterdam, founded in 1625, on Manhattan Island.

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