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14     THE DUTCH AND QUAKER COLONIES
despotism in New York. The sway of the governor, Philip Carteret, was limited not only by a council but also by an assembly elected by the people. Most liberal terms for purchasing lands were offered to settlers, and entire religious liberty was promised. The result of this was an immediate influx of settlers from New England. A party from the Piscataqua country founded Piscataway by the river Raritan; others from Haverhill and Newbury made the beginnings of
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Woodbridge ; but the most important accession, in some respects, came from the lately extinguished republic of New unwilling- Haven. There were many persons in that colony ness of        yfYiQ could not endure the thought of annexation
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leaders to to Connecticut. The two communities stood for toconnect- widely different ideas. Among all the New England colonies the Puritan theocracy was most dominant in New Haven, whereas in Connecticut it was weaker than anywhere else except Rhode Island. In New Haven none but church members qualified for communion could vote or hold office; in Connecticut there was no such restriction. The tendencies of Connecticut, under the impress of the genius of Thomas Hooker, were democratic; those