US HistoryChapter 3Section 3

Back in England Puritans controlled Parliament

• Charles I was persecuting Puritans• Oliver Cromwell – led the forces to defeat

the king, later the “Protector”• Charles I – beheaded in 1649• Those loyal to the king went to Virginia

Charles II – king restored with limited powers• Called Restoration – the monarchy was

restored

And, the Dutch? New Amsterdam – on Manhattan

Island• In between two British colonies• Became a major port for trade in the

Americas• Dutch West India Company – offered

incentives to come to the Americas • Patroons – riverfront estates

Own courts and laws

England wants more… England wanted New Netherland

• Peter Stuyvesant – governor of the Dutch colony, taxed with strict rule

Duke of York – Charles II’s brother was given the old Dutch colony• Thus, renamed “New York”• Proprietary Colony – colony in which the owner, or

proprietor, owned all of the land and controlled the government

• Offered religious freedom – first Jews settle here• New Amsterdam renamed “New York City”• Colonists forced the Duke of York to allow an elected

legislature

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More? New Jersey – the Southern part of the

Duke of York’s territory• Given to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George

Carteret• Named the colony after an island in England

where Carteret was born• Promised trial by jury, large plots of land,

religious freedom, and representative assembly• No port, so no profits

Sold back to the King by 1702 (Royal Colony)

Quaker State Pennsylvania – a “holy experiment”

• William Penn – given land by the king to relieve the king’s debt to Penn’s family First town planner (Philadelphia) Wrote the state’s constitution Made treaties with the Native Americans

• Quakers – (Society of Friends) – Protestant religious dissenters Believed everyone has an “inner light” to save them Church services and ministers are unnecessary Pacifists – people who refuse to use force or to fight in wars Considered threats to establishment

• Philadelphia – Greek for “city of brotherly love” Delaware – southern 3 colonies of Penn.

• Allowed to have their own legislature

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Checking for Understanding

__ 1. landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled like a king over large areas of land

__ 2. person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes

__ 3. colony run by individuals or groups to whom land was granted

A. patroonB. proprietary

colonyC. pacifist

Define Match the terms on the right with their definitions on the left.

A

C

B