How Did New England Have Their Own Colonies

Picking up and starting over in life isn’t always easy. When New Netherlands was first discovered the people living there experienced this. They had to think of ways to bring people into their new colony and ways to make their colony strive. Through sponsors giving out land and hard work, the people were able to make a go of New Netherlands. Eventually, King Charles II granted all of the land that included New Netherlands to his brother, the Duke of York. Duke of York eventually renamed New Netherlands, New York. If I would have to pick a colony to live in during the colonial period, it would definitely have been New York. The most important thing about New York to me is the traditions that were left behind from New Netherlands. One being, people were allowed to practice whatever religion that they wished as long as they were private about it. Most of the other colonies did not allow such behavior at the time. I believe that giving people the freedom to choose their own religion makes them happier than saying they must believe in a certain religion or they will die. This was especially important, because people moved
Unfortunately for people who had moved there with help of sponsors, this gave them little area for improvement in the class system. Merchants were on top of the class system, gaining more power and money each time they received more goods from Europe. This allowed the people on New York to have little say about what their government did. Personally, I wouldn’t mind living like this because I don’t care to get too involved with politics. I would have liked that I was able to work my job and come home to my family instead of having to go to meetings or learning about how other parts of the world do things differently. I like to just go with the flow and let other people make decisions. Therefore, New York at the time would have been the perfect place for