Robert Remini
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They lived in towns and engaged in all kinds of industries.
In the next hundred years, we shall see how the English conquered first the Dutch and then the French, how they planted colonies far to the south of Virginia, and in these ways occupied the whole coast north of Florida.
End of Chapter 7 Part 3 A Century of Colonial History from 1660 to 1760 Chapter 8 The Colonies Under Charles II
65.
The Puritans and the Colonists, 1649-60 In 1649, Charles I was executed and for 11 years the Puritans were supreme in England.
During this time, the New England colonists governed themselves and paid little heed to the wishes and orders of the England's rulers.
After some hesitation, the Virginians accepted the authority of Cromwell and the Puritans.
In return, they were allowed to govern themselves.
In Maryland, the Puritans overturned Baltimore's governor and ruled the province for some years.
66.
Colonial Policy of Charles II In 1660, Charles II became king of England or was restored to the throne, as people said at the time.
Almost at once, there was a great revival of interest in colonization, and the new government interfered vigorously in colonial affairs.
In 1651, the Puritans had begun the system of giving the English trade only to English merchants and ship owners.
This system was now extended, and the more important colonial products could only be carried to English ports.
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Attacks on Massachusetts.
The new government was especially displeased by the independent spirit shown by Massachusetts.
Only good Puritans could vote in that colony, and members of the Church of England could not even worship as they wished.
The Massachusetts people paid no heed whatever to the navigation laws and asserted that acts of parliament had no force in the colony.
It chanced that at this time, Massachusetts had placed herself clearly in the wrong by hanging four persons for no other reason than that they were Quakers.
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