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Why did the British want to take over the Dutch settlement of New Netherlands?

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Answer: 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)

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