The English acquisition of New York and New Jersey in the 1660s
a. Required the territory to be purchased from the local Indian tribes at a fair price
b. Required James Duke of York to launch a military operation to seize them from the Dutch
c. Was the result of a treaty with the Spanish
d. Led to a substantial increase in African slave labor
e. Required all Dutch settlers to surrender their lands and leave the region
Answer: b. Required James Duke of York to launch a military operation to seize them from the Dutch
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