2. English Civil War – 1642 - 1646 Oliver Cromwell Puritan leader in Parliament VS. Charles I 1649 - Charles I beheaded on charges of treason - Oliver Cromwell established as Protector 1660 - Charles II crowned – his reign known as the Restoration

3. English Dutch

4. NEW NETHERLANDS - DUTCH NEW AMSTERDAM- ON MANHATTAN ISLAND DUTCH WEST INDIA COMPANY WANTED MORE SETTLERS - OFFERED LARGE ESTATES PATROONS- LAND OWNERS WITH 50 SETTLERS – LIVED LIKE KINGS THRIVING HARBOR/RIVER TRADE

5. PETER STUYVESANT GOVERNOR OF NEW NETHERLAND 1664 – ENGLISH SEND FLEET TO ATTACK NEW NETHERLAND UNPREPARED STUYVESANT SURRENDERS

6. CHARLES II – GIVES NEW NETHERLANDS TO HIS BROTHER DUKE OF YORK PROPRIETARY COLONY – ALL LAND OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY GOVT. DIVERSE POPULATION (IN 1683 – 12,000 PEOPLE) NEW YORK

7. NEW JERSEY DUKE OF YORK GAVE LAND TO LORD JOHN BERKELEY AND SIR GEORGE CARTERET LARGE SECTIONS OF LAND HANDED OUT PROMISED: – FREEDOM OF RELIGION – TRIAL BY JURY – REPRESENTATIVE GOV’T DIVERSE POPULATION

8. PENN’S WOODS WILLIAM PENN GOT LAND FROM THE KING – PAYMENT FOR DEBT ALMOST THE SIZE OF ENGLAND “RELIGIOUS EXPERIMENT”

9. QUAKERS –SOCIETY OF FRIENDS EVERYONE IS EQUAL DO NOT NEED PREACHERS TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO…TRUST YOUR“INNER LIGHT” PACIFISTS –REFUSE TO FIGHT IN WARS (PERSECUTED IN ENGLAND – THREAT??)

10. PHILADELPHIA CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE DESIGNED BY PENN PENN WROTE THE CONSTITUTION BELIEVED LAND BELONGED TO NATIVES AND SETTLERS SHOULD PAY FOR IT CHARTER OF LIBERTIES – COLONISTS HAD THE RIGHT TO ELECT REPS TO LEGISLATURE

11. DELAWARE – SWEDISH SOUTHERN PART OF PENNSYLVANIA CHARTER OF PRIVILEGES FORMED NEW COLONY