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After the surrender of "Nieuw-Nederland" (New Netherlands) by the Dutch to the English, King Charles II named the province New York after his brother, James of York in 1664. James has never visited the colony. New York was a lot larger at the time that once included New Jersey, Delaware, and Vermont as well as the eastern portions of Pennsylvania, inland portions of Massachusetts, Maine, and Connecticut.

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