. A history of the United States . it was conquered without a blow, and theprovince was again under Dutch rule. Peace was made in1674, and William of Orange, the stadtholder of Holland,seeing the difficulty of retaining the settlement, readily con-sented to return it to England. It then remained under theEnglish rule until the Revolution. The later English gov-ernors were harsh, and the colonists had much less freedomthan their neighbors, not having an Assembly until 1683,and even this privilege was taken away for a short time,though afterwards were continualtroubles with Connec
. A history of the United States . it was conquered without a blow, and theprovince was again under Dutch rule. Peace was made in1674, and William of Orange, the stadtholder of Holland,seeing the difficulty of retaining the settlement, readily con-sented to return it to England. It then remained under theEnglish rule until the Revolution. The later English gov-ernors were harsh, and the colonists had much less freedomthan their neighbors, not having an Assembly until 1683,and even this privilege was taken away for a short time,though afterwards were continualtroubles with Connecticutabout boundaries, with EastJersey about duties on prod-uce, and also with theIndians. In 1689 the peoplewere so enraged with thegovernor that they roseagainst him under the lead-ership of a captain of theguards, Jacob Leisler, whom they made governor in hisplace. William and Mary, who had succeeded to the Englishthrone, sent out a new governor, Sloughter, who arrestedI^eisler on the charge of high treason; on his conviction,. JACOB LEISLERS HOUSE. 88 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Sloughter was persuaded to sign his death warrant, and hewas executed. Leislers true character has been the subjectof much dispute, some regarding him as a true patriot,others as an adventurer, whose chief object was to get powerfor himself, and whose rule was as bad as that of the Englishgovernors, if not worse. 35. The Patroons in New York. (1629.) — The Dutch hadencouraged emigration by making large grants of land topatroons, a kind of nobility. These let out their lands at lowrents to settlers, who tlierefore were not owners as in theother colonies. The English did not alter this arrangement,and it was not until about 1844 that the last remnant of thissystem disappeared (sect. 251). In the Dutch charter providing for the patroons (1629), itwas stated that the Patroons and colonists were to supporta minister and schoolmaster, that thus the service of God andzeal for religion may not grow cold
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