Restoration in the English colonies

The Restoration of the monarchy began in 1660 when the

republic that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

. The term Restoration may apply both to the actual event by which the monarchy was restored, and to the period immediately following the event.

Caribbean

Barbados, as a haven for refugees fleeing the English republic, had held for Charles II under Lord Willoughby until defeated by George Ayscue. When news reached Barbados of the King's restoration Thomas Modyford declared Barbados for the King in July 1660.^[1] The planters however were not eager for the return of the former governor Lord Willoughby fearing disputes over titles but the King ordered he be restored.^[2]

Lord Windsor

. He was replaced in 1664 by Thomas Modyford who had been ousted from Barbados.

North America

Royal Charter

for Connecticut with New Haven annexed to it.

Maryland had resisted the republic until finally occupied by New England Puritans/Parliamentary forces after the Battle of the Severn in 1655. In 1660 the Governor Josias Fendall tried to turn Maryland into a Commonwealth of its own in what is known as Fendall's Rebellion but with the fall of the republic in England he was left without support and was replaced by Philip Calvert upon the Restoration.

established church

.

In 1663 the

some supporters of the Restoration. The province was named after the King, Charles II.^[8]

References

^ Higham, C.S. (1921). The Development of the Leeward Islands under the Restoration 1660-1688. p. 10.
^ Higham 1921, pp. 12–14.
^ Monteith, Kathleen; Richards, Glen, eds. (2001). Jamaica in Slavery and Freedom: History, Heritage and Culture. University of the West Indies Press. pp. 36–39.
^ Bremers, Francis J. (1995). The Puritan Experiment: New England Society from Bradford to Edwards (Revised ed.). pp. 151–153.
^ Middleton, Richard (2002). Colonial America: a history, 1565-1776 (3rd ed.). Blackwell. p. 111.
^ Middleton 2002, p. 112.
^ Beverley, Robert (1722). The History and Present State of Virginia. p. 51.
^ Kennedy, David; et al. (2002). The American Pageant (12th ed.). Houghton Mifflin. p. 36.

[1] Higham, C.S. (1921). The Development of the Leeward Islands under the Restoration 1660-1688. p. 10.

[2] Higham 1921, pp. 12–14.

[3] Monteith, Kathleen; Richards, Glen, eds. (2001). Jamaica in Slavery and Freedom: History, Heritage and Culture. University of the West Indies Press. pp. 36–39.

[4] Bremers, Francis J. (1995). The Puritan Experiment: New England Society from Bradford to Edwards (Revised ed.). pp. 151–153.

[5] Middleton, Richard (2002). Colonial America: a history, 1565-1776 (3rd ed.). Blackwell. p. 111.

[6] Middleton 2002, p. 112.

[7] Beverley, Robert (1722). The History and Present State of Virginia. p. 51.

[8] Kennedy, David; et al. (2002). The American Pageant (12th ed.). Houghton Mifflin. p. 36.

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