Proprietorship In New England

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Proprietorship - New settlements in Carolina, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania were proprietorships. The Carolina and Jersey grantees, the Duke of York, and William Penn owned all the land on their new colonies and could rule them as they wished. This mean that only they have control over that whole area.
Quakers- They sought to restore Christianity to its early simple spirituality. They followed the teachings of two English visionaries- George Fox and Margaret Fell, who argued that God had ambuled all men and women with an “inner light” of grace and or understanding. The quakers accepted the Natives as citizens while the crown used them for labor.
Navigation Acts- The navigation act of 1651 required that goods be carried on ships owned by English or colonial
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Later James II added New York and New Jersey to the Dominion, creating a vast colony that stretched from Maine to Pennsylvania. The Dominion of New England was ended during the Glorius Revolution and the peoples right were given back to them.
Glorious Revolution- William of Orange led a quick and nearly bloodless coup, and King James II (England) was thrown in an event dubbed the Glorius Revolution by its supporters. Whig politicains made King William and Queen Mary accept the Declaration of rights, which created a constitutional monarchy that enpowered the House of Commons at the expense of the crown. The Glorius Revolution led to rebellions by Protestant colonies in New York, Maryland, and Massachusetts. constitutional monarchy- In England, William and Mary ruled as constitutional monarchs. A constituational monarchy is when monarchs are head of the state but rule under some sort of constitution. This allowed New York and Massachusetts to resume self-government under a new