Middle Colonies 2nd Generation

Punishment of Rebels after Leisler's Rebellion

Leisler’s Rebellion

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Leisler’s Rebellion

• 1689 – 1691
• Led by Jacob Leisler
• Seized control colonial New York

Leisler’s Rebellion cont.

• 1685 – New York becomes a royal colony
• James II’s Dominion of New England angered colonists
• Unification of New England Colonies
• Capital = New York City

Leisler’s Rebellion cont²

• 1688 – James II dethroned
• People learned that they have more power
• Uprisings spread throughout the colonies
• Edmund Andros
• Governor of New England
• Unpopular due to his strict policies
• Leisler gains popularity

Leisler

• Calvinist immigrant
• Merchant turned militia captain
• Deposed lt. governor Francis Nicholson
• 1689
• Wanted New York for William III and Mary II
• Backed by Dutch laborers and artisans

Leisler’s Rebellion cont³

• Direct popular representation
• Redistributed wealth to the poor
• Scorned by Anglican Merchant, and Aristocratic classes
• William III dispatched new governor in 1691
• Leisler refused to give authority back
• English entered and arrested for treason

Leisler’s Rebellion (cont²)²

• Tried and found guilty
• Leisler and son-in-law (Jacob Milborn)
• Hanged, drawn and quartered

Leisler’s Rebellion Picture

Leisler’s Rebellion Effects

• Established rebellious attitude of colonists
• Led to increased tension between colonists and British forces

Paxton Boys

• Group of back country Scotch-Irish Frontiersmen
• Near Paxtang Penn. (Paxton-present)
• Formed vigilante group
• Response to Pontiac's rebellion
• British general Jeffrey Amherst
• Mishandled Indian affairs
• Paxton Boys felt government didn’t protect people good enough
• Took matters into their own hands

Paxton Boys cont

• Attacked nearest Indians (Conestoga)
• Conestoga were Christian and lived peacefully w/ Penn. Settlements
• December 14^th 1763
• Paxton boys massacred Conestoga Indians
• Broke peace treaty
• Remaining Indians put into protective custody
• December 27^th 1763
• Paxton boys broke in and killed remaining Indians

Paxton Boys cont²

• 1764 Paxton Boys were going to attack other Indians in Eastern Penn.
• Indians fled to Philadelphia
• 500 Paxton boys marched on Philly in Jan. of 1764
• Philly militia prevented them from doing more violence
• Ben Franklin negotiated with them to bring an end to their attack on Philly

Paxton Boys Effects

• 1/3 of Indians who fled to Philly died of smallpox (ha-ha irony)
• Made evident intercolonial tensions between established societies of Atlantic coast and white settlement on western frontier

posted by Jeffrey @ Tuesday, November 22, 2005