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US History [1]
DUTCH RESIDUES IN NEW YORK In 1664, Charles II granted NY to his brother the Duke of York, that yr. the British def. the Dutch New Amsterdam was renamed NY Dutch influence, NY retained their autocratic spirit, city names Harlem, Brooklyn, etc, Easter Eggs, Santa Claus Waffles, sauerkraut, bowling skating and golf PENN?S HOLY EXPERIMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA WILLIAM PENN AND THE QUAKERS Quaker characteristics: ?quaked? under deep religious emotion, offensive to religious and civil rule, addressed everyone with simple ?thee s? and ?thou s? didn?t swear oaths because Jesus had said ?Swear not at all,? created a problem, since you had to swear a test oath to prove that you weren?t Roman Catholic