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