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The Restoration Colonies

The English Civil War

==Origins==

  • Charles I caused problems by eliminating the Parliament and was on and off on putting it back together
  • He was captured and beheaded in the English Civil War, and Charles II later claimed the throne

@@New Proprietary Colonies@@

  • Charles II’s return caused many people to resume colonization in the Americas
  • The colonies funded by Charles II were Carolina, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
  • The main goal of the colonies wasn’t financial benefit, it was the creation of settlement

The Carolinas

Incentives for Settlement

  • Landlords and land speculators let in anyone who wanted to come and had religious freedom
  • Eventually, Charleston was established with 100 settlers

%%Fundamental Constitution for Carolina%%

  • The north of Carolina was filled with woods and isolated agriculture, and the south had a good harbor and fertile land, making the two sides very different from each other
  • Barbados Island colonists in Carolina participated in slavery

^^North and South Carolina^^

  • Because of all the tension between the North and South of the region, the King ended up splitting the colony

New Netherlands, New York, and New Jersey

==The Capture of New Amsterdam==

  • The Dutch and English had a lot of tension in the Americas
  • The Dutch ended up giving New York to the English in an invasion
  • New York was very diverse and filled with Dutch, English, Scandanavians, Germans, French, and Africans

@@Establishment of New Jersey@@

  • Sir John Berkeley and Sir George Carter established New Jersey, but they eventually had to give the territory back to the crown

The Quaker Colonists

The Society of Friends

  • Quakers wanted to establish their own safe haven as a form of Protestants
  • They let women also become preachers in the church
  • The Quakers lived in England and didn’t have a church government or care about gender and class

%%William Penn%%

  • The Quakers faced a lot of discrimination in New England
  • Due to this, Penn created Pennsylvania for the Quakers

^^Pennsylvania Founded^^

  • Penn kept good relations with the Indians in the area
  • Penn respected the Natives beliefs though conflicts arose later

==Charter of Liberties==

  • Penn made the Charter or Liberties to lower the power of the proprietor and gave three countries to establish their own assembly
  • Those counties came together to form Delaware