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Growing Pains: England's Glorious Revolution and its Aftermath
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Growing Pains: England's Glorious Revolution and its Aftermath

22) James II is not only losing friends in America, he is also making powerful enemies in England by attempting to exercise autocratic control over Parliament. He and his colonial governors are overthrown in the Glorious Revolution. This is a period...

Growing Pains: Proprietary Charters Issued by Charles II
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Growing Pains: Proprietary Charters Issued by Charles II

Historian John Murrin calls the 17th century the "age of remarkable experimentation in terms of how you organize a colony." The four new colonies Charles II initiates are all proprietary ventures styled after the Maryland model. Despite greater inte...