History of the United States I / Unit 4 USH1 0455 short lesson, about 20 seconds
New York from New Netherland
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The idea
England seized New Netherland during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Charles the Second granted it in sixteen sixty-four to his brother James, Duke of York, and it was renamed in his honour.
In practice
The sixteen eighty-three Charter of Liberties and Privileges setting out trial by jury and representative government.
Where people slip
James resisted local governance for nearly two decades before colonists convened a legislature.
Your place on the trail
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