Hamersley Macdonnell II
Banned
In the Puritan colonies of New England, there had been separatism from the beginning. In Massachusetts Bay, governor Winthrop in his letter to the English lords of trade warned in 1638 that if the King was about to enroach upon their liberties in any way, the people of the colony would doubtless severe any ties to England. Within the colony, discussion about whether MB was a res publica in its own right, was going on from 1643 at least. In 1652, replying to the English parliament, that wished to replace the royal charter with a new one, the general court of MB stated that they were an independent commonwealth. In February 1661, a trader doing business in MBC complained to the lords of trade that the colony considered itself a free state.
The colonies only acknowledged Charles II as king after more than a year into his rrign. Around the same time, King Charles II remarked that the New England confederation in his opinion was a war combination designed to secede from England, according to John Fiske. He speculated that had the members of the confederation attempted to secede as the king suspected, they would have won their independence more than a century before American revolutionary war. But was his speculation realistic?
The only surprising thing given the separatist feelings of the Puritan New England colonies is that they did not attempt to secede in practice, beyond declarations and theeats.
I need your assesment because I have my fictional continent where there were similar puritan colonies in a similar confederation, and would like to hear the prospects for a succesful secession of them in the 1660/1680s. Because the situation in New England was wholly analogous, your assesment about it would help me with Magellanican colonies as well.
The colonies only acknowledged Charles II as king after more than a year into his rrign. Around the same time, King Charles II remarked that the New England confederation in his opinion was a war combination designed to secede from England, according to John Fiske. He speculated that had the members of the confederation attempted to secede as the king suspected, they would have won their independence more than a century before American revolutionary war. But was his speculation realistic?
The only surprising thing given the separatist feelings of the Puritan New England colonies is that they did not attempt to secede in practice, beyond declarations and theeats.
I need your assesment because I have my fictional continent where there were similar puritan colonies in a similar confederation, and would like to hear the prospects for a succesful secession of them in the 1660/1680s. Because the situation in New England was wholly analogous, your assesment about it would help me with Magellanican colonies as well.