Province of New York

The Province of New York (1664-1775) (Dutch: Provincie New York) resulted from the capture of the Dutch Republic colony of Provincie Nieuw-Nederland in 1664 by the Kingdom of England, and included all of the present U.S. state of New York. The province was renamed for James, Duke of York, brother to Charles II of England immediately after. The territory originally included the current states of New Jersey, Delaware and Vermont, along with inland portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine and was one of the Middle Colonies. Ruled at first directly from England, the New York Provincial Congress declared itself the government on May 22, 1775, first referred to the "State of New York" in 1776, and ratified the New York State Constitution in 1777. While the British regained New York City during the American Revolutionary War using it as its military and political base of operations in North America, and a British governor was technically in office, much of the remainder of the former colony was held by the Patriots. British claims on any part of New York ended with the Treaty of Paris (1783).

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