While you did not provide us with a list of possible answers, the reason why Hammurabi's Code was important was because it provided the people who lived in that time and in that place a number of rules they had to abide by because without this code, his kingdom would have been much more chaotic than it really was.
The British crown colony was established on the former New Netherlands, it was later established as the province of New York and was later divided into 12 counties on November 1, 1863. Parts of the territories of New Amsterdam was later transferred to the possession of Sir George Carteret by the Duke of York as a payment for his debt. There was also the full implementation of the laws of England on the former dutch colonies, in every aspect especially on land ownership.
