New Netherlands was renamed New York on September 8, 1664, when the English took over it in honor of the Duke of York and Albany. This was in honor of James II of England in whose name the English had captured it
Unfortunately, westward expansion meant that many Native Americans would have to be forced off of their own land. Some of them tried to fight. Many were killed.
The siege started on April 19 after the battle of Lexington and Concord, When Massachusetts militias blocked land access to Boston.
The way citizens exercise popular sovereignty is by elections, they get to choose who's their representative of their state
All of them do that but it is mostly in the new testamet