Politics of New York In 1685, the King of England, Charles II named New York a royal colony. Giving his brother, the Duke of York, to rule under a Charter of Liberties, the Duke was allowed to make all laws with little self-government. The government also included a governor and elected assembly. In addition, free rights had to be given to all Dutch and English settlers. Before the capital of the New York colony was Albany, it was determined to be Kingston, White Plains, Poughkeepsie, and New York City. HistoryIn 1664 The king granted his brother, the Duke of York (future King James II) land that was between Connecticut and Delaware Bay. From the start, King James dispatched a force that took total control of the Dutch colony from it's governor, Peter Stuyvesant. Afterwards, James gave the order to his agents (in the name of the newly named colony of New York) to treat the Dutch settlers well and to give them the freedom to worship as they pleased and speak their own language.
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