USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the brother of the Duke of York?
A
Lord Baltimore
B
King Charles II
C
Squanto
D
William Penn
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The second son of Charles I, and brother of Charles II, James was named Duke of York at birth. He became a successful naval commander during the reign of his brother and acceded to the throne in 1685.

Detailed explanation-2: -Royalist supporters in the Spanish force were led by Charles’s younger brother James, Duke of York.

Detailed explanation-3: -Charles I was born in Fife on 19 November 1600, the second son of James VI of Scotland (from 1603 also James I of England) and Anne of Denmark. He became heir to the throne on the death of his brother, Prince Henry, in 1612.

Detailed explanation-4: -James II, King of England James, younger son of King Charles I of England, held the title of Duke of York.

Detailed explanation-5: -James II succeeded his brother, Charles II, as king of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1685 and was deposed by the Glorious Revolution in 1688.

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