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Dec 23, 2020 · In 1567, Elizabeth began to consider Archduke Charles of Austria, son of the Emperor Ferdinand. Again, religion stood in the way: as a Protestant, Elizabeth and her councillors were somewhat wary of creating alliances with Catholic countries.
- Sarah Roller
Aug 22, 2024 · On March 4, 1681, William Penn received a charter from King Charles II for the land west of New Jersey, north of Maryland, and south of New York. The charter gave Penn the ability to craft the government and laws for the colony as long as they followed the laws of England.
- Randal Rust
English settlers, led by Leonard Calvert, set sail on Ark and Dove from Cowes, England, for Maryland. Calvert had been appointed Maryland's first Governor by his brother, Cecil Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore, following grant of Maryland Charter by Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Early English Colonization
- New England & The Dutch
- The Middle Colonies
- The Southern Colonies
- Conclusion
England was a latecomer in the colonization of the Americas. Spain was the first in 1492, followed by Portugal by 1500 in the southern regions and by France at about the same time to the north (present-day Canada and northern Maine). The English did not establish a settlement until the Roanoke Colony(1587-1590), whose first attempt, in 1585, failed...
The Dutch had claimed the region between New England and the Virginia Patent by 1609 and were already in conflict with the English over trade by 1633 when Massachusetts Bay governor John Winthrop(l. c. 1588-1649) established a trading post on the Connecticut River upstream from a Dutch post to cut their access to the fur trade with Native Americans...
New Netherland afterwards became the Province of New York, (named after the Duke of York, later King James II of England) and the Province of New Jersey (named for the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel) was established, also in 1664, and was divided between Scottish Protestants in the area of East Jersey (near New York) and English Quakers of W...
While New England had been developing, Jamestown Colony had been equally busy expanding settlements in Virginia. John Rolfe’s tobacco crop had proven itself the most profitable in the so-called New World, and in 1632, the aristocrat Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron of Baltimore, founded the Maryland Colony to cash in on the demand for tobacco. The colon...
The Southern Colonies increased their efforts in the policy of divide-and-conquer by encouraging natives to not only capture and return runaway African slaves but also conquer neighboring tribes for slaves to be shipped to the West Indies. Harsher slave laws were passed, making it clear that a slave was property without any human rights, and slaves...
The moving force behind the conquest was James Stuart, Duke of York, Lord High Admiral of England, brother of Charles II and later his successor to the Crowns of England and Scotland. In the world of Restoration politics James cut a substantial figure. Unlike his elder brother, James was no trimmer.
Life dates. 1771-1847. Biography. Military commander, Archduke of Austria and Duke of Teschen, brother of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis II (q.v.) and third son of Emperor Leopold II (q.v.); born Florence. 64 related objects.
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Jan 20, 2017 · On June 20, 1632, Charles I of England granted the original charter for Maryland, a proprietary colony of about twelve million acres, to Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. The charter offered much freedom, including no requirement for religion.
