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  2. List of colonial governors of New York - Wikipedia

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    Despite one brief year when the Dutch retook the colony (1673–1674), New York would remain an English and later British possession until the American colonies declared independence in 1776. With the unification of the two proprietary colonies of East Jersey and West Jersey in 1702, the provinces of New York and the neighboring colony New ...

  3. Province of New York - Wikipedia

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    The Province of New York was a British proprietary colony and later a royal colony on the northeast coast of North America from 1664 to 1783. It extended from Long Island on the Atlantic, up the Hudson River and Mohawk River valleys to the Great Lakes and North to the colonies of New France and claimed lands further west.

  4. New York Executive Council - Wikipedia

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    The New York Executive Council (also known as the King's Council or Governor's Council), was the upper house of the supreme legislative body of the Province of New York during its period of proprietal colonialship while it was a crown colony. It was in effect until April 3, 1775, when the government disbanded after the outbreak of the ...

  5. Colonial government in the Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    Maryland, South Carolina, North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania were founded as proprietary colonies. [21] In 1624, Virginia became the first royal colony when the bankrupt Virginia Company's charter was revoked. [22] Over time, more colonies transitioned to royal control.

  6. Charter of Liberties and Privileges - Wikipedia

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    The colony operated under the Charter until May 1686 when Thomas Dongan, the governor of New York, received instructions from King James II that New York would be assimilated into the Dominion of New England. After the Glorious Revolution William III and Mary II appointed a new governor, who convened the colonial assembly on April 5, 1691.

  7. The Duke's Laws - Wikipedia

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    The Duke of York's Laws for the Government of the Colony of New York were a set of guidelines laid out during the early years of English rule in the Colony of New York. [1] They were promulgated by the governor, on behalf of the then Duke of York, in Hempstead on Long Island in 1665.

  8. History of New York City (1665–1783) - Wikipedia

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    The English had renamed the colony the Province of New York, after the king's brother James, Duke of York and on June 12, 1665, appointed Thomas Willett the first of the Mayors of New York. The city grew northward and remained the largest and most important city in the Province of New York, becoming the third largest in the British Empire after ...

  9. New York Provincial Congress - Wikipedia

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    The New York Provincial Congress (1775–1777) was a revolutionary provisional government formed by colonists in 1775, during the American Revolution, as a pro-American alternative to the more conservative New York General Assembly, and as a replacement for the Committee of One Hundred.