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“The church of England could never become the church of England's Empire. . . The sovereign and his heir [Charles II and James], by policy if not by conviction, were religious tolerationists even more in the empire than in England. In the colonies, the royal brothers were free from the predominance of the church, and they wielded overseas an authority far less fettered than it was in England. The duke and the king therefore ordered their viceroys to tolerate all religions privately practiced and peaceably conducted. Under the later Stuarts, "Greater Britain" became truly tolerant. Great Britain did not. (p193)”

Great Britain British Empire Religious Tolerance Anglicanism Seventeenth Century Charles Ii James Ii

Book:1676: The End of American Independence

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“Arms are the profession of exiles. (311)”

Soldier Troops Exiles

Book:1676: The End of American Independence

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“The royalists paroled from the Channel Islands who chose Virginia, Philip Ludwell and Francis Lovelace among them, became Sir William Berkeley's courtiers. They never lost the habit, so appropriate to exiles, of pledging loyalty to the king but looking out for themselves.”

Opportunist Colonial America Monarchist

Book:1676: The End of American Independence

Source: 1676: The End of American Independence