HISTORY 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Puritans
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In 1642 the english parliament, led by oliver cromwell, rebelled against charles i. They finally won in 1646, and charles was subsequently executed; cromwell assumed control of the gov"t until his death in 1660. After the bad experience w/cromwell [the interregnum] the english decided to restore the monarchy, so charles ii arrived [the restoration]. Parents had far more impact on their children"s lives, as they actually lived to see them grow up. Clearly, the two regions developed very contrasting lifestyles over the years. All the events back in england had major consequences for the colonies. For one, since puritans controlled the gov"t from the war until the restoration, their migration to new england slowed down a lot. Additionally, after 1660 six new colonies were formed [the restoration colonies] but this time as proprietorships. The founding of the restoration colonies is as follows .
