Charles II set out to conquer New Netherland because
A) ?he wanted access to land on which he could build a strategic fort.
B) ?he blamed the Puritans' refusal to swear allegiance to him on the presence of the Dutch colony.
C) the colonists in New Netherland had launched attacks against Puritan settlements on English soil.?
D) ?the Dutch had entered into an alliance with the Spanish, and Charles saw the presence of the Dutch settlement as a threat.
E) ?None of these are correct.
B
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