Middle Colonies

English Civil War and Commonwealth

Charles I

Living on its own

Money, taxes

1641 Called Parliament

1642 English Civil War Begins

Parliament v. Crown

Oliver Cromwell

1653 - 58 Lord Protector

Restored Monarch

Charles II

Significance for Colonies

Slowing of migration to New England

During Charles II new colonies founded

Restoration Colonies (Proprietary)

New York – James, Duke of York, Holland

New Jersey – East and West Jersey, Sir George Carteret and John Lord Berkeley

Pennsylvania (includes Delaware) – Quakers (Society of Friends), inner light, William Penn

North Carolina

South Carolina