HISTORY 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: George Carteret, Toleration
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New york was a very diverse colony and had a relatively high % of slaves as well, so the duke was careful as he moved to establish his authority. The duke"s laws [first applied only to english settlements on long island and then later to the whole area], which maintained dutch forms of local gov"t and (!) allowed religious toleration [each town could pick which church to support]. But it took until 1683 for an elected legislature to be formed. New york remained a relatively depopulated colony [grew slowly] w/few changes from. New jersey was formed b/c the duke of york regranted part of his land in 1664 to his friends sir. [this actually deprived n. y. of much needed fertile land and was one of the reasons the colony grew so slowly]. New jersey, however, partially b/c its owners used land grants: limited toleration and the promise of an assembly to attract colonists, grew rapidly.
