Question

How did the ambitions of Charles II and James II remake English North America?

Answer 1

New York was named after Charles II and James II dominate the British Colonies which laid an impact on America.

The British king Charles II took control over Dutch colony New Netherland  in the Second Anglo-Dutch war as a result of English settlement.

He handed over the colony to James who later renamed it as New York in the honour of Charles.  

With his dominance over the British Colonies and good administration James II laid an impact on remaking of North America.