. A history of the United States . f^^nr. \ \ 35 36 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (nearly what is now the state of Maine), Nantucket, MarthasVineyard, and all Long Island, to the Duke of York, hisbrother, afterwards James II., as an absolute dominion, theonly proviso being that no laws should be made conflictingwith those of England. The importance of this grant lay inthe fact that the Duke of York was the heir to the throneand at the death of Charles TI. all these would become crowaiproperty. 33. Capture of New Amsterdam by English; New York.(1664.) — The duke sent out the same year a strong f
. A history of the United States . f^^nr. \ \ 35 36 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (nearly what is now the state of Maine), Nantucket, MarthasVineyard, and all Long Island, to the Duke of York, hisbrother, afterwards James II., as an absolute dominion, theonly proviso being that no laws should be made conflictingwith those of England. The importance of this grant lay inthe fact that the Duke of York was the heir to the throneand at the death of Charles TI. all these would become crowaiproperty. 33. Capture of New Amsterdam by English; New York.(1664.) — The duke sent out the same year a strong force,which, appearing before New Amsterdam, found that townwholly unprepared for defence, and so the governor, PeterStuy vesant, was forced to submit. Richard Nicolls, who com-manded the fleet, immediately proclaimed the Duke of York as ruler, and ordered that thecity should henceforth be calledNew York. Fortunately mostof the Dutch, feeling that theyhad been neglected by their oldrulers, or perhaps not caringvery much about the matter
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