What Did the British Acquire from the Netherlands in the Treaty

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Multiple Choice

What did the British acquire from the Netherlands in the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713?

• A) sufficient gold to pay off the British national debt
• B) the right to trade at Dutch outposts in what is now South Africa
• C) the right to transport slaves from Africa to Spain's New World colonies
• D) New Netherland, which was then renamed New York
• E) New Holland, which later became known as Australia

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