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RELIGIOUS TOLERATION IN NEW YORK. 1664-1700. Thomas F. O'Connor*. ON March Duke of 12, York, 1664, the Charles territory II between granted he Connecticut to his brother, and James, Delaware rivers. In August of that year the Dutch colony of New Netherland, lying like a wedge between the northern and southern colonies of England in America, was ...
James VII and II (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) [a] was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII [4] from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
The Duke of Monmouth rebels against James, but is defeated at the Battle of Sedgemoor in Somerset. 1685: Edict of Nantes allowing freedom of religion to Huguenot Protestants is revoked in France, resulting in thousands of Huguenot craft workers and traders settling in England. 1686
56 Charter of Liberties and Privileges. Complete text is taken from The Colonial Laws of New York, vol. 1, 111–16.For the circumstances surrounding this document and the similar charter of 1691, see Charles M. Andrews, The Colonial Period of American History, vol. 3 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1936), chap. 3; and David S. Lovejoy, “Equality and Empire: The New York Charter of ...
May 6, 2021 · As a young boy James was known to all as the Duke of York. He was concealed from the Parliamentarians during the Civil War while studying at Oxford, one of the last remaining Royalist strongholds. When the city of Oxford was under siege James fled, disguised as a woman, to the safer shores of the Hague and then to France to be with his mother.
Between 1652 and 1674, the Dutch and English fought three naval wars, battling for supremacy in shipping and trade. England’s Charles II promised New Netherland to his brother, James, Duke of York. In May 1664 James dispatched Colonel Richard Nicolls [or Nichols] to seize the colony.
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Apr 15, 2023 · James II, King of England, 1633-1701, Europe -- History -- 1648-1715 -- Sources Publisher Bloomington : Indiana University Press Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English
