Which colony was formerly known as new netherland?
a. pennsylvania
b. virginia
c. massachusetts
d. new york

Option D.

Explanation:

New York, is the right answer.

The Colony of New York was one of the Thirteenth colonies (and one of the four colonies of the Middle East) under the control of the Dutch. The British crown settlement was erected upon the previous colony of Dutch known as New Netherlands, with its center being York Shire, today's Downstate New York.

In the year 1617, leaders of the Dutch West India Company in New Netherlands founded a province at modern-day Albany and in the year 1617 established the New Amsterdam on an island called the Manhattan Island. On 27th August 1664, New Amsterdam abdicated to Richard Nicholls, who renamed this as New York.

the tariff was created to protect industry in the northern part of the united states. industries in the north were being driven out of business by imported goods that were priced at a low rate. the goal was to protect these industries   by taxing the goods.