In addition to wresting control of New York and New Jersey from the Dutch, Charles II established the Carolinas and Pennsylvania as proprietary colonies. The Restoration colonies also contributed to the rise in population in English America as many thousands of Europeans made their way to the colonies.

Starting in 1651, England pursued mercantilist policies through a series of Navigation Acts designed to make the most of England’s overseas possessions. Nonetheless, without proper enforcement of Parliament’s acts and with nothing to prevent colonial traders from commanding their own fleets of ships, the Navigation Acts did not control trade as intended

Restoration colonies — the colonies King Charles II established or supported during the Restoration (the Carolinas, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania). Navigation Acts — a series of English mercantilist laws enacted between 1651 and 1696 in order to control trade with the colonies. proprietary colonies — colonies granted by the king to a trusted individual, family, or group. deism — an Enlightenment-era belief in the existence of a supreme being—specifically, a creator who does not intervene in the universe—representing a rejection of the belief in a….