It was commercially important. It allowed for the shipping of commercial goods and saved time + money.
Creation of the League of Nations, and hurt land across Europe (no man’s land)
In 1665 the colony changed ownership and is now know as New York City.
No I do not think they made the right decision. Basically what the Court decided is almost exactly what Hitler did to Jewish people — ironically this happened around the same time. Because of the decision to segregate Japanese people, they were put into Interment camps which is almost equivalent to Nazi Germany’s concentration camps.