SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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York of New
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Duke of York
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New of York
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Duke of Wellington
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Detailed explanation-1: -Charles II decided to seize New Netherland, take over the valuable fur trade and give the colony to his younger brother James, Duke of York and Albany (the future James II).
Detailed explanation-2: -The Dutch gave up the colony without a fight. The breaking point came in March 1664, when English King Charles II awarded the colony’s land to his brother, the Duke of York, even though the two countries were then technically at peace.
Detailed explanation-3: -In May 1664 James dispatched Colonel Richard Nicolls [or Nichols] to seize the colony.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -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. With independence, Dutch patroonships became English manors and the “feudal” system was abolished.