Sect 3 and 4 Flashcards
James II
Brother of Charles II 2nd son of monarch Duke of York Gets New Amsterdam Calls it New York
New York
King Charles II gives the colony to his brother the Duke of York
Proprietary colony-owner/proprietor owned all the land and controlled the govt.
The Duke promised freedom of religion
Finally allowed to elect a government
New Netherlands
Settlements along Hudson River
Patroons
Rich land owners in New Amsterdam
Henry Hudson
First Dutch in Americas-looking for NW passage
Peter Minuit
Dutch-Purchased land from Manhats and established New Amsterdam
Peter Stuyvesant
Governer of New Amsterdam-lots hated him-English come into New Amsterdam and he surrenders immediately.
Restoration
Monarchy (Charles II) is restored
New Jersey
Berkeley and Cateret were given a present from James II-Southern part of New York-Names it New Jersey after island where Cataret was born-free land-religious freedom-jury decides your fate-representative gov. No Nateral harbor so they sell it. Becomes a royal colony-King and queen rules it
Pennsylvania
William Penn-Charles II was in debt to him and his debt was repayed with land (Pennsylvania) instead of money-Penn is pumped because Pennsylvania is as big as England-Quakers
Quakers
Individual relationship with God (don’t need the church) Inner light (guide to salvation) Passive(refuse to use force)-Pacifists bow to no one Everyone is equal
Delaware
Because Pennsylvania got too big
How did William Penn get people to come to Pennsylvania?
He advertised! He put the word out saying that his colony has freedom of religion and it’s the coolest and everyone can come
Philadelphia
City of brotherly love
“Holy experiment”-allow Quakers to come
1st town planner-William Penn
Penn says that “Land owned by the Natives (colonist need to pay for it)”
Indentured servants
To pay for their passage to America, they agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time