SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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Just a man with a plan.
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sister of King Charles II who took land from the Dutch and renamed it New York.
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brother of King Charles II who was the founder of New York.
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A king from England’s tribe of York.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The second son of Charles I, and brother of Charles II, James was named Duke of York at birth.
Detailed explanation-2: -Establishing America The New York Colony was founded in 1626 by the Duke of York and other colonists on Manhattan Island. The New York Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America.
Detailed explanation-3: -Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, KG, PC, FRS (Edward Augustus; 25 March 1739 – 17 September 1767) was the younger brother of George III of the United Kingdom and the second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York.