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Duke's Laws
The Duke's Laws were the legal code issued in 1665 for the territories of James, Duke of York, after the English capture of New Netherland. Drawn up under Governor Richard Nicolls and first applied on Long Island, they allowed Protestant congregations to choose their own churches but provided for no elected assembly. They were gradually extended over the province of New York and remained the basis of its law until the 1680s.
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