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Why did King Charles II choose to take over New Amsterdam?

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Some English from New England had infiltrated onto Long Island. Charles II decided to seize New Netherland, take over the valuable fur trade and give the colony to his younger brother James, Duke of York and Albany (the future James II). ... New Amsterdam was renamed New York City and New Netherland became New York State.