The English King gave them to the Duke of York, who sent ships to New Amsterdam(now New York City) and demanded the Dutch surrender New Netherlands. The governor wouldn't hear of it, but via bribes the population handed over the city.
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New York and New Jersey became English colonies because the English wanted worship their religion in peace.
New York does have 13 colonies. New York is one of the biggest cities in America.
There were 13 colonies that originally signed the Declaration of Independence. The colonies included Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland,
The mid Atlantic colonies of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and Delaware were initially some of the most successful farming areas during the 1800s. Later, colonies in the South began to develop large plantations for crops such as tobacco and cotton.
The first 13 states were Province of Georgia, Province of South Carolina, Province of North Carolina, Colony and Dominion of Virginia, Province of Maryland, Delaware Colony, Province of Pennsylvania, Province of New Jersey, Province of New York, Connecticut Colony, Colony of Rhode Island and Province Plantations, Province of Massachusetts Bay, and Province of New Hampshire.