Colonists in new york were angry with james, duke of york, because

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The New York Colony was one of the four Middle Colonies which also involved the Pennsylvania Colony, the New Jersey Colony, and the Delaware Colony. The New York Colony was basically a Dutch colony named New Amsterdam, endowed by Peter Minuit in 1626 on Manhattan Island. In 1664, England renamed the colony, New York, after the Duke of York. New York City attained distinction in the 18th century as the main selling port in the Thirteen Colonies.

i believe 5 is correct answer

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.