The Duke of York had required that every community in his new lands of New York and New Jersey support some church, but this was more often Dutch Reformed, Quaker or Presbyterian, than Anglican. Some chose to support more than one church. He also ordained that the tax-payers were free, having paid his local tax, to choose their own church. The terms for the surrender of New Amsterdam had provided that the Dutch would have liberty of conscience, and the Duke, as an openly divine-right Catholic, was no friend of Anglicanism. The first Anglican minister in New Jersey arrived in 1698, though Anglicanism was more popular in New York. COUNT 5
QSN1 What did the Duke of York require every community in his lands to support? ANS1 some church QSN2 Instead of Anglican, what were the churches most often supported in New York and New Jersey? ANS2 Dutch Reformed, Quaker or Presbyterian QSN3 What were taxpayers free to do after they paid the Duke of York his local tax? ANS3 to choose their own church QSN4 Why was the Duke not a friend of Anglicanism? ANS4 openly divine-right Catholic, QSN5 When did the first Anglican minister arrive in New Jersey? ANS5 1698