Province of New York

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British colony former colony province of British America

The Province of New York was a British colonial territory in North America that emerged in the late 17th century and later became the U.S. state of New York after the American Revolution.

Aliases (4)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony → former colony → province of British America →
borderedBy	Connecticut Colony → Province of Massachusetts Bay → Province of New Hampshire → Province of New Jersey → Province of Pennsylvania → Province of Quebec →
capital	New York → New York City →
contains	Albany → Hudson River → New York City →
country	Kingdom of Great Britain →
currency	pound sterling →
demographics	included Dutch settlers → included English colonists → included Indigenous peoples → included enslaved Africans →
endTime	1776 → American Revolution →
establishedBy	England → Kingdom of England →
flag	Union Jack →
governmentForm	constitutional monarchy → royal colony →
headOfGovernment	Governor of New York →
headOfState	British monarch →
historicalRegion	Middle Colonies →
legislature	New York General Assembly →
locatedIn	British America → North America → Thirteen Colonies →
namedAfter	Duke of York → James, Duke of York →
officialLanguage	English →
partOf	British Empire → Thirteen Colonies →
predecessor	Dutch colony of New Netherland → New Netherland →
religion	Anglicanism → Protestantism →
significantEvent	American Revolutionary War → Battle of Long Island → occupation of New York City by British forces →
startTime	1664 → late 17th century →
successor	State of New York → United States of America →

Referenced by (63)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Oriskany ("United States (then Province of New York)") → Governor’s Council of New York → Lord of Philipsburg Manor → New York Colonial Assembly → New York Provincial Congress → Philipse family → Raid on Saratoga (1745) →	country
Province of Massachusetts Bay → Province of New Hampshire → Province of New Jersey → Province of Pennsylvania →	borderedBy
Battle of Harlem Heights → Battle of Long Island → Loyalist militias → New York and New Jersey campaign →	location
Governor’s Council of New York → New York Colonial Assembly →	appliesToJurisdiction
Peter Stuyvesant → Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont →	deathPlace
Colonial America → United Colonies →	hasPart
Fort James → New York Sons of Liberty →	locatedIn
John Lamb → Nicholas Bayard →	placeOfActivity
Philipse family →	activeIn
revolutionary government of New York →	appliesToTerritory
Queen's Rangers →	associatedWith
Livingston family →	associatedWithColony
Philip Freneau →	birthPlace
Kingston, New York ("Province of New York (briefly)") →	capitalOf
Frederick Philipse II →	country of citizenship
Battle of White Plains →	countryAtTime
Townshend Acts era →	countryInvolved
Isaac Sears →	countryOfResidence
Bronck family →	countryOfSettlement
Diocese of Ogdensburg →	ecclesiasticalProvince
British colonial authorities →	exercisedPowerIn
Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont →	governorOf
Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War →	hasLocation
King’s Royal Regiment of New York →	historicalLocation
Alexander McDougall →	immigratedTo
Middle Colonies →	included
Dominion of New England →	includesTerritory
Fort Orange →	laterControlledBy
New York Colonial Assembly →	legislativeBodyFor
New York Colonial Assembly →	legislativeBranchOf
New York Colonial Assembly →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Raid on Saratoga (1745) →	opposingSide
Livingston family →	originatedIn
Queen Anne's War →	participant
New York Colonial Assembly ("Government of the Province of New York") →	partOf
John Underhill →	placeOfDeath
Alexander McDougall →	politicalRegion
King’s Royal Regiment of New York →	raisedIn
Frederick Philipse II →	region of activity
William Tryon →	regionGoverned
Frederick Philipse I →	regionOfActivity
King’s Royal Regiment of New York →	regionOfRecruitment
Frederick Philipse I →	residence
John Butler →	servedIn
English forces under Richard Nicolls ("English Province of New York") →	successorControl
New Netherland →	successorState