English Civil War

Examples of English Civil War in the following topics:

• Maryland

  • Maryland was established in 1632 as a haven for English Roman Catholics in the New World.
  • The province began as a proprietary colony of the English Lord Baltimore and as a haven for English Roman Catholics in the New World.
  • In 1642, Maryland declared war on the Susquehannock Indian nation and remained in an inactive state of war until a peace treaty was concluded in 1652.
  • From 1644 to 1646, the "Plundering Time" was a period of civil unrest caused by the tensions of the English Civil War (1641–1651).
  • In 1654, after the Third English Civil War (1649–1651), Puritan rebels briefly seized control of the province.

• New Jersey

  • Within six years, the nations were again at war and in August, 1673, the Dutch recaptured New Netherland.
  • Soon thereafter, James granted the land between the Hudson and Delaware rivers to two friends who had been loyal to him through the English Civil War and named it New Jersey after the English Channel Island of Jersey.
  • During the English Civil War, the island of Jersey had remained loyal to the Crown and given sanctuary to the King.
  • English Quakers and Anglicans owned large landholdings.

• Settling the Southern Colonies

  • The province began as a proprietary colony of the English Lord Baltimore, who wished to create a haven for Roman Catholics in the New World at the time of the European wars of religion.
  • Although it was intended as a refuge for Catholics, a significant part of the population was Protestant, and Protestants later gained control of the colony during the English civil wars.
  • The first permanent English settlement was established in 1653 when emigrants from the Virginia Colony, New England, and Bermuda settled on the shores of Albemarle Sound in the northeastern corner of present-day North Carolina.
  • It is the oldest designation for English claims in North America.
  • The 1732 charter created Georgia as a buffer state to protect the prosperous South Carolina from Spanish Florida, and required that debtors be shipped to free space in English jails.

• Conclusion: Patterns of British Settlement in the Colonies

  • After the English Civil War, England began to fashion a stronger and larger empire in North America.
  • The early colonies also contributed to the rise in population in English America as many thousands of Europeans made their way to the colonies.
  • English liberty gained greater meaning and coherence for whites when they contrasted their status to that of the unfree class of black slaves in British America.

• From New Netherland to New York

  • Over the next few decades, wars with the American Indians erupted, as well as conflicts with the English.
  • During the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1664–1667), English forces gained control of the Dutch fur trading colony of New Netherland, and in 1664, Charles II gave this colony (including present-day New Jersey) to his brother James, Duke of York (later James II).
  • In 1673, during the Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672–1674), the Dutch recaptured the colony; however, at the end of the conflict, the English had regained control.
  • Slaves could testify in court, sign legal documents, and bring civil actions against whites.
  • Soon after the English had gained control of New Netherland, James granted the land between the Hudson and Delaware rivers to two friends who had been loyal to him through the English Civil War and named it New Jersey after the English Channel Island of Jersey.

• The Expansion of England's Empire

  • The English, and later the British, were among the most important colonizers of the Americas.
  • This English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish colonization caused dramatic upheaval among the indigenous civilizations in the Americas, both directly through the use of imported military force and indirectly through cultural disruption and introduced diseases.
  • The rapidity, silence, and ferocity of their war parties proved devastating against the colonial style of waging war; though the colonials generally emerged successful in the long term.
  • After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, British territories in the Americas were slowly granted more responsible government.
  • A number of English colonies were established under a system of independent Proprietary Governors, who were appointed under mercantile charters to English joint stock companies to found and run settlements.

• The Pequot War

  • The Pequot War was the first war between Native Americans and English settlers in northeastern America and foreshadowed European domination.
  • Despite early attempts to reconcile differences, continued confrontations precipitated the first war between Native Americans and English settlers in northeastern America and set the stage for the ultimate domination of the region by Europeans.
  • The War not only involved the Pequot and the English Puritans, but several other Indian tribes, some of which, including the Mohegan, aligned themselves with the English.
  • Just before the outbreak of war with the English, the Mohegan, under a sachem named Uncas, split from the Pequots and aligned themselves with the English.
  • Two events weakened the Pequot prior to their war with the English.

• Americanization and Pluralism

  • The outbreak of war in 1914 led to the "Americanization" campaign aimed at millions of immigrants to the U.S.
  • The outbreak of war in 1914 increased concern over the millions of immigrants to the United States, many of whom could not return to their native countries in Europe.
  • Foreign language use declined dramatically, with many immigrants signing up for English-language classes.
  • It would be more efficient, she argued, if factory workers all understood direction given in English in order to avoid accidents.
  • Immigrants became a concern for the U.S. during the war and led to Americanization campaigns throughout the country.

• American Indians and the New Nation

  • During its early days, the United States implemented a series of treaties and policies with the purpose of acquiring land from and "civilizing" the American Indians.
  • Rather than secure peace, the Treaty helped set the stage for the next round of hostilities between American Indians and British colonists along the Ohio River, and this would culminate in Lord Dunmore's War.
  • When the Indian Wars had concluded, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the government outlawed the practice of traditional religious ceremonies.
  • There they were forced to speak English, study standardized subjects, attend church, and leave tribal traditions behind.
  • The Civilization Fund Act of 1819 promoted this policy by providing funding to societies (mostly religious) who worked on American Indian "improvement."

• Rhode Island

  • Rhode Island was formed as an English colony by Roger Williams and others fleeing prosecution from Puritans.
  • Although many people assume Puritans escaped England to establish religious freedom, they proved to be just as intolerant as the English state church.
  • Williams agreed with his fellow settlers on an egalitarian constitution providing for majority rule in civil issues and liberty of conscience.
  • They sought recognition together as an English colony in 1643 in response to threats to their independence.
  • During King Philip's War (1675–1676), both sides regularly violated Rhode Island's neutrality.