SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the colonists
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The President of the United States
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the King of England
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Noone
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1664, when Charles resolved to enforce England’s claim to New Netherland, Richard Nicoll was appointed to command the English fleet, and named governor of the future colony of New York.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Governor and the Assembly British rule in the colonies was enforced by the colonial governor. He was usually appointed by the King and he served as the chief law enforcement officer in the colony.
Detailed explanation-3: -In royal colonies, the governor and the council were appointed by the British government. In proprietary colonies, these officials were appointed by proprietors, and they were elected in charter colonies. In every colony, the assembly was elected by property owners.
Detailed explanation-4: -Thomas Hutchinson (9 September 1711 – 3 June 1780) was a businessman, historian, and a prominent Loyalist politician of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the years before the American Revolution.
Detailed explanation-5: -Richard Nicolls, (born 1624, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, Eng.-died May 28, 1672, in the North Sea, off Suffolk, Eng.), the first English governor of the province of New York in the American colonies.